SSM 30

WARLI ART. ARTIST IS SADASHIV MASHE. Sadashiv Mashe is a renowned painter within the realm of Warli art. This work of his is highly detailed and contains familiar motifs in his distinct depictive style. He instills a sense of trepidation here through the figures and the specific way they have been portrayed. The enormous uncoiled snake symbolises an apocalyptic time. In most Warli paintings, a coiled form is depicted which is made of either ants or people that alludes to a peaceful or celebratory state. Mythical figures are also present here, along with birds and animals that seem apprehensive.