Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Bhajju Shyam for Tara Books






Lush tribal interpretations of The Little Mermaid, by Gond Artist Bhajju Shyam. I love the updated retelling of this fairytale classic. From their website, "The Flight of the Mermaid is a feminist parable on the warring claims of love and choice." Buy the book here.

8 comments:

  1. Also please buy Bhajju Shyam's "The London Jungle book" by Tara. A wonderful perspective on the city through the eyes of an amazing artist.
    See London as you have never seen it before!!

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  2. Hey there,

    Yes I know, I have quite a few of their books. I need to buy this one though.Gond is such a wonderful artistic tradition.I've been looking all over for Gond plushies! No luck yet..

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  3. wow this is such a great blog full of beautiful south asian artists and their work.
    thank you for sharing.
    im ordering the flight of the mermaid now

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  4. Amazing, and also very different from the usual Gond paintings that I've seen in the past. Wish I could own one of these :)

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  5. Bhajju Shyam is a brilliant artist. I'd love to see more of his work. He has a brilliant sense of design & colour.

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  6. I love Tara Books!!
    The night life of trees is my absolute favorite!
    Did you see the autorickshaw he painted at Tara's offices?

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  7. I love tara books...!!!!!!!! great job!!!

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