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The book charts the journeys of Venkat, an artist from a remote ‘tribal’ village in the Patangarh area of Madhya Pradesh to the art worlds of Bhopal, Delhi and to foreign lands in the footsteps of his uncle, the legendary Jangarh Singh Shyam who died under mysterious circumstances in Japan It is a story of survival, both physical and artistic, in the underbelly of cities and in the by lanes of the art market. It argues forcefully against the divisive diktats of the art world, which relegate the art of the village to ‘craft’ and pit it unfairly against the dominant urban modern art. Written as an autobiography in a wonderfully devised jugalbandi between the artist and his soul mate Anand in a dual voice, it charts an unexplored textual territory of narration. The delightful illustrations combine diverse linguistic modes. They approximate the factual and magical passages of the journeys to sparkle with an unusual incandescence.
Author: Venkat Raman Singh Shyam , S. Anand
Publisher: Navayana Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Published in: 2016