For centuries, women of the Mithila region of Bihar, India, painted colorful images on the walls and floors of their homes in order to create protective and auspicious spaces for their families and their life cycle rituals. In 1966, due to the encouragement by cultural leaders who saw the potential to create an accessible art form, the painters began transferring their work to paper. Since then the subjects of these paintings have expanded dramatically to include colorful, graphic images of classic tales, local legends, daily life, autobiographies, and contemporary social criticism. This exhibition traces the development of these paintings from their ritual folk art sources to their current state as artistic, cultural expressions and internationally recognized fine art.
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For centuries, women of the Mithila region of Bihar, India, painted colorful images on the walls and floors of their homes in order to create protective and auspicious spaces for their families and their life cycle rituals. In 1966, due to the encouragement by cultural leaders who saw the potential to create an accessible art form, the painters began transferring their work to paper. Since then the subjects of these paintings have expanded dramatically to include colorful, graphic images of classic tales, local legends, daily life, autobiographies, and contemporary social criticism. This exhibition traces the development of these paintings from their ritual folk art sources to their current state as artistic, cultural expressions and internationally recognized fine art.
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