The
Inner Eye: Folk Art of India will be on display as a pendant
to the Miniature
Worlds exhibition.
These works of folk art were created by two intriguing contemporary
artist groups.
Ganesh Jogi and Teju Ben are members of the Jogi caste whose job it
is to walk through the streets and wake village residents. In the
1980s, the two began to create interpretations of their everyday world.
Montu and Joba Chitrakar work in a large scroll painting community
in Naya, West Bengal. They travel throughout the region telling the
contemporary stories depicted in the scrolls–like the devastating
2004 tsunami.
This exhibition is organized by the University of Richmond Museum
and co-curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director of University
Museums, and Kristen Malanoski.
