Champa

There are a couple of things that drew me to artist Champa Mohan's pieces , one of them being the neon colours typical to 'street art' (usually political posters) found in India . (It's also interesting to note that the subject of her prints are the characters of the Ramayana.) The other being the patterns she incorporates into her prints , which is a woodcut tradition. The first image has the kolam on it and I'm surprised that contemporary graphic designers have more or less over looked the very cool , complex , symmetrical quality of kolams. Except maybe Tukral & Tagra. Those are some cool artists. Images from here