Trickster TheyyamTheyyam of Good OmenGreat Mother TheyyamGerminal TheyyamTheyyam of Innocent TruthHeroic TheyyamSorcerer TheyyamDrunken TheyyamSinging TheyyamFire Goddess Theyyam

Theyyam of Good Omen
Theyyam of Good Omen

£575

 Acrylic on canvas. W 30", H 40"; 76 x 102 cm
A heavily embroidered Indian textile forms the plane though which the performer materialises.  At the end of the recitation,  which can last up to three days, the villagers queue up to ask the deity/performer for predictions and blessings.

 


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I am irresistibly drawn to the colours, the graphic design and composition and the androgynous beauty of the performer in this brilliant painting.
-- Tony, 8/22/17