Over time, the visual vocabulary of folk and tribal painting expanded beyond traditional contexts and today has evolved into a new genre of ethnic art. Several traditional styles of painting,which till recently languished, are now flourishing in improved and altered mediums, surfaces and contexts. An overall social change revived the tribal and folk art forms and gave a large number of these artists a stable means of livelihood.
This book is an introduction to this unique and vibrant art form of India - a spectacular chronicle of its evolution, contextual development,continuity, brief obscurity and the recent marvellous resurgence.