How does an artist celebrate the golden jubilee of his life in the chosen field of art? By adapting to narrate diverse stories through traditional art, is the response from Cheriyal artist Dhanalakota Vaikuntam Nakash. Whether painting on scrolls, narrating the Puranas and incorporating folk art on khadi cloth or in new mediums like ceramic and wooden plates for home …
You have seen Cheriyal art on walls, wall hangings and canvas. Artists Rakesh and brother Vinay Nakash Dhanalakota, along with their friend Subhajit Saha, a GI and IP practitioner, have come up with handpainted tshirts with Cheriyal art. Rakesh’s is one of the families working to keep the tradition of Cheriyal art alive. Striving to keep alive the tradition of …
“A slice of Cheriyal is in Rashtrapati Nilayam,” says artist Dhanalakota Saikiran as he walks us through the 163-foot kitchen tunnel at Rashatrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad. A covered corridor connecting the kitchen and dining hall, is now resplendent with murals, masks, and animal heads in the Telangana folk art form of Cheriyal. Our art has embellished the walls of Rashtrapati …
Hyderabad: A Cheriyal art event was held at the B.M. Birla Science Centre on Wednesday as a prelude to a workshop, scheduled from January 20-22, that aims to explore science through traditional folk art. Birla Science Centre and Planetarium held the ‘Communicating Science Through Cheriyal Art’ event, wherein participants created unique paintings based on their concepts. Dhanalakota said, “Traditional folk …
