"Story Tellers : The Wandering Minstrels of Bengal" art show at Art of the Earth, F-213 A, 1st Floor, Lado Sarai > 10th September-19th October 2011
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Monday to Saturday : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday : 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Entry : Free
Place : Art of the Earth, F-213 A, 1st Floor, Lado Sarai, New Delhi - 110030
Venue Info : www.artsoftheearthindia.com | Nearest Metro Station - 'Saket'
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Event Details : Arts of the Earth presents 'Story Tellers : The Wandering Minstrels of Bengal' art show.
The history of Patachitra or scroll paintings of Bengal, go back to almost two thousand years. The scrolls consist of the picturisation of scenes from stories, usually epics like the Ramayana or folklore.
Muslim/Sufi traditions were also depicted. These days, however, the patuas also depict tales from history, current affairs and contemporary concerns like global warming or terrorism, improvising the lyrics for the accompanying songs. Rural bards and storytellers would travel from village to village or to weekly haats (village markets or fairs), where a principal singer would narrate the story through a song, accompanied by the scroll being unfurled with the corresponding picture frame depicting the scene. This practice can thus be deemed to be one of the earliest forms of audio-visual entertainment.
Patachitra of Bengal, is usually made on layers of cotton cloth glued together with a natural glue and chalk to create a leather-like surface. They are also made on paper panels stuck together, backed by cloth from old saris to strengthen the panels. The traditional colours used in Patachitra are red, white, ochre, green, indigo and black- all obtained from natural sources, like lamp black, Hingula, Haritala, Ramaraja, shells and rice powder. The glue is prepared from boiled tamarind seeds, soaked overnight.
The brushes are made from various animal hairs, depending on how thick or thin they need to be. Twigs
from the Kiya plant is also used for drawing thick lines.
The Patuas may or may not be related to each other, but they take on the title of Chitrakar or painter.
They are untrained artists, picking up their skills naturally. But as travelling showmen, they are complete artists – painters, singers, performers, scriptwriters – all rolled in to one. They normally reside in Birbhum, Mednipur, Hooghly, Bankura, Murshidabad and Burdwan districts of West Bengal.
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Monday to Saturday : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday : 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Entry : Free
Place : Art of the Earth, F-213 A, 1st Floor, Lado Sarai, New Delhi - 110030
Venue Info : www.artsoftheearthindia.com | Nearest Metro Station - 'Saket'
Set Attending / Not Attending status below :
The history of Patachitra or scroll paintings of Bengal, go back to almost two thousand years. The scrolls consist of the picturisation of scenes from stories, usually epics like the Ramayana or folklore.
Muslim/Sufi traditions were also depicted. These days, however, the patuas also depict tales from history, current affairs and contemporary concerns like global warming or terrorism, improvising the lyrics for the accompanying songs. Rural bards and storytellers would travel from village to village or to weekly haats (village markets or fairs), where a principal singer would narrate the story through a song, accompanied by the scroll being unfurled with the corresponding picture frame depicting the scene. This practice can thus be deemed to be one of the earliest forms of audio-visual entertainment.
Patachitra of Bengal, is usually made on layers of cotton cloth glued together with a natural glue and chalk to create a leather-like surface. They are also made on paper panels stuck together, backed by cloth from old saris to strengthen the panels. The traditional colours used in Patachitra are red, white, ochre, green, indigo and black- all obtained from natural sources, like lamp black, Hingula, Haritala, Ramaraja, shells and rice powder. The glue is prepared from boiled tamarind seeds, soaked overnight.
The brushes are made from various animal hairs, depending on how thick or thin they need to be. Twigs
from the Kiya plant is also used for drawing thick lines.
The Patuas may or may not be related to each other, but they take on the title of Chitrakar or painter.
They are untrained artists, picking up their skills naturally. But as travelling showmen, they are complete artists – painters, singers, performers, scriptwriters – all rolled in to one. They normally reside in Birbhum, Mednipur, Hooghly, Bankura, Murshidabad and Burdwan districts of West Bengal.
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"Story Tellers : The Wandering Minstrels of Bengal" art show at Art of the Earth, F-213 A, 1st Floor, Lado Sarai > 10th September-19th October 2011
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