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Using deft strokes and the usual hues, Sadashiv Mashe fills his canvases with themes intrinsic to Warli art. His striking style catches the viewer’s attention at once. Clustered and crafted beautifully the anthills are in the centre of the grasslands. Sadashiv’s paintings bespeak a tradition that is rooted in tribal art. The tree of life with birds are seen in the scene, a dead body is seen eaten by the ants which symbolises that everything comes from nature and is absorbed by the same. While the artist says the themes of his canvases have remained unchanged, it is the medium that’s different. “The Warlis used natural colours obtained from tree barks, leaves, flowers and the earth. And our walls were our canvas. Now, we use acrylic and raw canvas-cloth.”
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Artist
SADASHIV MASHE
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