Tree Of Life
A virtual gallery event and emergency relief fundraiser with 100% of profits going to Indian artisans
BHASKAR CHITRAKAR
KALIGHAT ARTIST
Kalighat painting takes its name from the ghats along the river Hooghly, below a great temple dedicated to the goddess Kali. As patuas from rural communities migrated into Kolkata, some earned money by selling small paintings that they could create quickly, giving rise to the graphic style that depicts one or two figures on a blank background. Subjects ranged from Kali herself to “Bibi-Babu” paintings that depicted the lifestyles of Kolkata’s bourgeoisie and their domestic worlds. Chitrakar’s idea to infuse coronavirus into these quotidian scenes is an especially timely stroke of genius as we all live with the current period of forced domesticity.
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Goddess Durga
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Goddess Kali
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Hand-Painted Naughty Cat
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Hand-Painted The Master & His Dog
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Handpainted Waiting for Her Lover
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Have No Fear, I am Here / SOLD
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I Am Beautiful
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Indian Artwork Frida Kahlo
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Indian Frida Kahlo Art
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Indian Frida Kahlo Paintings
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Justice for All
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Leave Me Alone!
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus
$575.00 - Sold Out
Riding in A Tuk Tuk
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Riding in A Tuk Tuk Painting
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Statue of Liberty in a Sari
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The Dance of Coronavirus
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The Yellow Taxi
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Unique Painting Hukkah Smoking Fish
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Where Have All the Humans Gone?
$295.00
TREE OF LIFE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
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BHASKAR CHITRAKAR
Kalighat Artist
Depicting everything from the divine to the cheeky, Kalighat painting is a traditional medium that’s ripe for modern insight in the hands of a master artist.
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KIRIT CHITARA
Kalamkari Artist
Exquisitely detailed Gujarati kalamkari painting, still rendered by hand in the tradition of eight generations of master craftsmen.
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SHAMLU DUDEJA & MALIKA VARMA
She Kantha
Kantha, the famed running-stitch embroidery of Eastern India, is taken to new heights of artistry in the hands of SheKantha’s artisans.
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RUPA TRIVEDI
Adiv Pure Nature
Luxurious garments and accessories, created in pursuit of a sustainable fashion supply chain and innovatively using dyed herbs and the floral blessings left at Mumbai temples.
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Rajan Vankar
Traditional Kutch Weaving
A 4th generation master weaver from the Sarli village located in the rural Kutch region of India, Rajan Vankar crafts one-of-a-kind textiles.
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ANIL VANGAD
Warli Artist
A folk art tradition that carries echoes of the ancient past, Warli rice-paste painting captures the life and traditions of a tribal people.
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SUFIYAN KHATRI
Master Ajrakh Artist
Sufyian Khatri, world class artisan and textile maker, carves his own woodblocks to create intricate and vibrant patterns for his hand-crafted textiles. Khatri’s natural dye block-printing studio is located outside of Bhuj, in the Kutch.
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Thilak Reddy
KALAMKARI ARTIST
Thilak Reddy is a talented young artist originally from Kalamkari, Andhra Pradesh, a town along the Coromandel Coast of India that has long been famous for the production of mordant-painted and -dyed textiles, popularly known today as kalamkari (literally “pen work”).
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Gohar Sajid
SABAH Pakistan
Gohar Sajid is a founding member and co-chairperson of SABAH Pakistan, a non-profit organization in Pakistan that works to support artisans throughout the country.
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Hemangini Rathore
Sudarshan Artisan Collective
a thriving artisan collective that aims to preserve and promote traditional techniques and motifs found in folk textiles from India by creating contemporary designs and products.
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