Jaipur, Kurumba tribal painting is one of the age-old arts of India. The art pattern is very similar to that of Warli and Saura art. Ayushi Abhipsa a young artist from Odisha informed while conducting the famous 'Kurumba Tribal Painting Art' workshop of South India, organized for the artist community -'The Circle' on Monday. The workshop was organized under the initiative, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav - Celebrating India @ 75, hosted by Rooftop App and presented by Rajasthan Studio.
Ayushi painted a picture of tribal people celebrating a festival in Kurumba art. She firstly made a background with chrome watercolor by taking an A5 paper sheet and then made a tree in it with free-hand. She beautifully painted the dancing and singing people of the tribe in geometric shapes just like done in Warli art with red paint. The artist stated that the human figures are made with white and black colors in Warli art, while in Kurumba art dark reddish -brown color is used.
Ayushi further talked about the art that happens to be prevalent in the Kurumba tribe. The clusters of the Kurumba tribe are found in the Nilgiris region of South India, which is located in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Ayushi explained that this art expresses the socio-religious warp-woof of the Kurumba tribe.
About Rajasthan Studio:
Rajasthan Studio is the world's first and only unique online platform that provides hands-on experience of various art styles under the guidance of master artists from Rajasthan. Rajasthan Studio connects art-lovers, domestic and foreign travelers, professionals and students through individual and corporate workshops to the master artists of Rajasthan who have been awarded and honoured with Lalit Kala Academies and Padma Shri respectively by the Central and State governments.
About Rooftop App:
The Rooftop App has been launched by Rajasthan Studio with a vision to make it easier for art lovers across the world to access various Indian art styles. The workshops organized on this app allows Indian art lovers from all over the world to not only view the pre-recorded sessions but also set their own calendar by viewing the upcoming workshops schedule. This app can be downloaded from Google Play Store and iOS platform.
About The Circle Community:
The Circle Community by Slow Mo Experiences has been started as an invite-only community of artists. The span of free workshop sessions are more than an hour. The like-minded artists not only engage in intense artistic talks but come together on a platform to learn and share different art forms along with introspecting the creative learning.
About Celebrating India @ 75: Bulaye Bharat (India Calling):
A celebration of India's traditional arts is being organised by Slow Mo Experiences under the initiative- 'India Chalk'. The celebration is in reference to the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav organized by the Government of India on the occasion of the 75th year of India's independence. Accordingly, effort made for the nation building of India is being implemented by selecting traditional artists from every state and union territory of the country from 15 August 2021 to 15 August 2022 through the Virtual Indian Art Experience 'Bulaye Bharat' (India Calling). Specially curated virtual art experiences exhibit 44 painting based and 31 craft based art styles. Apart from these, 26 other important local art styles have also been included in it.