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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 3147
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Vaishnavas
Medium. Tempera on cardboard
Size. 73.3 x 62 cm
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This painting is an evocative image of a rural community. Jamini Roy represents a beautiful practice where groups of Vaishnavas go around villages singing kirtans (devotional songs) on the life of Krishna, and seeking alms. There is a nuance of ecstasy in the raised arms of the figures of the singers. Roy conveys a sense of an idyll where faith, music and dance combine to create an organic wholeness in life. It is also interesting to see how Roy broke down the figure to the essential form that goes into its making and then synthesised it to suggest a structure. Jamini Roy often drew his imagery from village life narrating the life of the peasants, artisans, followers of religious cults, village women and adivasis with immense dignity and representations that were authentic using simplification of form inspired by the folk arts of the region that had evolved over the centuries.
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