Painting Stories – Lives and Legacies from an Indian Crafts Village Bundgaard

Painting StoriesLives and Legacies from an Indian Crafts Village\nAuthor(s): Helle Bundgaard\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487527327, 978-1487527327\nSynopsis\nPainting Stories explores the accomplishments, struggles, and livelihoods of traditional artisans in Raghurajpur, a village known for its patta chitra painters. In this collection, Helle Bundgaard weaves thirty years of observations and experiences into a tapestry of stories, which together present a poignant image of the lives of Indian craft makers and their personal connections to the art that they create.\n\n The painters stories are situated in a rich cultural environment and steeped in social relations. For them, painting is more than a livelihood or an aesthetic expression it is a way of life.\n\n Painting Stories is a window into a part of our world rarely seen, reminding us of both our rich diversity and our shared humanity. Writt.