#Indian folk art

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Traditional Indian Art forms – Why are they disappearing?

TRADITIONAL INDIAN ART FORMS - WHY ARE THEY DISAPPEARING?

India has an amazing culture and history of different art forms and handicrafts. India is the hometown for more than 50 tribal and traditional folk arts. These folk arts of India have passed from generation to generation from over 3000 years. But lots of these traditions are about to disappear.

Folk art of India is a very respected and very important element of India’s Culture. It has been practiced and perfected by artisans' generations. The reason for disappearing these traditional Indian art forms is complex. There are lots of factors that have resulted in the disappearance of the traditional Indian Art forms.

Two major reasons for the disappearance of Traditional Indian form are westernization and Industrialization. The cultural identity of traditional art form, buyers, artists and beliefs have had a negative effect of westernization. This has changed in what was made for them, what they made, and how it was made. The lack of attention and interest about traditional art forms in current generation art collectors, in India as well as outside has led to disappointing situations where these arts are slowly disappearing.

Now talking about industrialization resulting in creating goods, longer lasting, cheaper and faster to the customers. Government is spending a lot to sustain and motivate the traditional art industry. They even require training in design, processes, products, material expertise and much needed awareness of international trends to come up with creative solutions.

Government’s organizational set up itself has very little scope for satisfactory profit margin for artists and craftsmen. This is discouraging the upcoming generations from ancestral to choose a traditional art form as a profession. New generation is not preferring this profession because of its low earning potential.

Telangana’s Cheriyal scrolls, Karnataka's the chittara, West Bengal’s the Dhokra, Rajasthan’s the Kavad , Andra’s Leather puppet and other art forms all are disappearing. Traditional art forms are all endangered because most of them aren’t making money and customers don’t want to do them. When considering the traditional art forms it includes carving, nirmal painting, wicker woven baskets. Nowadays design trends leaning towards modernism, the demand for traditional items is reducing. China and other Asian markets are now mass producing and supplying trendy natural materials everywhere that is disrupting the market size for artisan and craftsmen.

Traditional art needs to be saved for its original value and not just as an option to earn money. We need new ways to keep traditional arts alive by encouraging those who have passion for art but can’t afford it. The western art is replacing traditional art forms in our living rooms. While the traditional art form has maintained significant identity, It is eventually losing its relevance in the global and domestic art sphere.

By making sure that artisans get the major share of profit, not middle agents will encourage artisans. Consumers' interest in traditional art forms lives when the updated designs, quality, and skill of the craftsman are preferred over quantity and bad workmanship.

India with its diverse and very very rich traditional arts, must focus on the strength of artisans and getting best deals for their craftsmen in the international market by implementing better strategies.

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Vintage Native Storyteller & Feathers with Turquoise Stones Sterling Silver and Silver 22-Inch Necklace – Glenn and Irene Sandoval - Navajo

Wowww! What an absolutely beautiful and eye-catching storyteller necklace! This gorgeous Native Storyteller necklace has 3 sterling silver pendant charms of a woman retelling a story or an oral history to a group of enthralled child listeners!

Surrounding the storytellers on the 22” long silver paperclip and elongated rings chain necklace are 4 silver feathers topped with bright turquoise stone chips.

This stunning necklace has an undisturbed, natural patina, and beautifully expresses the importance of storytellers in Native life!

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Kalighat painting, an extraordinary style of Indian folk art, originated in the 19th century within the vibrant Kalighat area of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It emerged during a period of profound social and cultural change in colonial India, and quickly gained popularity as a unique and expressive form of artistic expression.

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the folk of the air series but south and south east asian

[senthil-melbourne]

After many years of search, found Shri M S Anand Anand, who accepted me as his student to pass on this amazing and endangered folk art of India, Mysore painting. Starting with Saraswati, Goddess of knowledge and art.

Sharing the second step in this process.

#mysore #indianart #indianfolkart #indianartist #saraswati #Mysorepainting

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Indian folk art has had a rich history. Jamini Roy is one of the artists known for working extensively in Indian folk art painting, especially creative indian folk art, indian folk art painting, easy indian folk art, indian folk art drawing and kalamkari indian folk art, folk art painting as he mixed both western and Indian art styles.

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Jamini Roy The World of Kantha c. 1950 Opaque watercolor on canvas, mounted on board University of Florida: Harn Museum of Art

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“white feather”, 2020, by Norman Engel

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Dabka or Dapka is a detailed type of needlework from Rajasthan in India. It is usually done at the final stage of the production process to add finishing touch embellishments.

At least three to four worker workers are required for a detailed and fine work at the same time on the same piece. First a thick cotton cord is stitched on the pattern to be embroidered. Then on this cord prefabricated metal thread is looped on with an ordinary stitching needle. The patterns mostly made are of flowers, leaves, or birds. Skilled embroiders can even do french knots with the smallest size.

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[ignatiusteto]

i think sacred music in the kryn dynasty would be very cyclical and repetitive in form to symbolize the idea that life is a continuous thing (at least those who are consecuted right right) and is a cycle across lifetimes and yeah

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Untitled 3 & 4 by Thota Vaikuntam

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American Indian activist, Vietnam War veteran, and protest folksinger, Peter LaFarge in Greenwich Village, August 1962

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Still standing. 🪶🟧🟫💨