{"product_id":"ashwa-utsav-hand-painted-horse-head-sculpture-on-stand-multi-tradition-folk-art-crimson-cobalt-one-of-a-kind","title":"Ashwa Utsav- Hand-Painted Horse Head Sculpture on Stand · Multi-Tradition Folk Art · Crimson \u0026 Cobalt · One of a Kind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tagline\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Every surface a different story. Every motif from a different century. One horse holding all of it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"desc-text\"\u003eThere is a kind of object that a skilled folk artist makes when they are given no brief, no restriction, and the full freedom of everything they know — when every tradition they have absorbed and every technique they command is allowed to exist simultaneously on a single surface. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eAshwa Utsav\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis that kind of object. A horse head sculpture hand-painted in the vocabulary of multiple Indian folk art traditions, its entire surface an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eexplosion of crimson, cobalt, gold, teal, and purple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— not random, but composed, the way a festival is composed: many elements, one occasion, one unmistakable feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe horse head itself is cast in a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eclean, bold sculptural form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the profile strong and composed, the ear pointed sharply upward, the neck curving in a long graceful arc that gives the piece its vertical energy. The muzzle is slightly bowed, the eye socket hollow and watching. The form is deliberately\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003earchitectural\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— a structure the painting can inhabit rather than compete with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what painting it is. The dominant ground is a deep, richly textured\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003ecrimson-red\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the most sacred ground colour in Indian folk art — over which the artist has layered\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003ecircular dot medallions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein yellow and teal,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003escrolling vine and leaf forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the Rajasthani miniature vocabulary,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003egeometric cross-hatch panels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseparated by gold dividing lines that give the surface the quality of a patched ceremonial textile, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003esmall floral star motifs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein cobalt and green. The base — a painted square plinth in deep navy — carries its own central floral mandala in gold and red, grounding the entire composition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eAshwa Utsav\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esits on a thin metal rod rising from the painted square base — the rod itself painted in the same deep blue as the plinth, making the support disappear and the horse head appear to float at display height.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"em\"\u003eNo two are identical. Each one is the artist's own festival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kanasu Artifacts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46644602208455,"sku":null,"price":3999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5208\/6727\/files\/ashwa-utsav-hand-painted-horse-head-sculpture-on-stand-multi-tradition-folk-art-crimson-cobalt-one-of-a-kind-7305946.png?v=1781191926","url":"https:\/\/kanasu-artifacts.com\/products\/ashwa-utsav-hand-painted-horse-head-sculpture-on-stand-multi-tradition-folk-art-crimson-cobalt-one-of-a-kind","provider":"Kanasu Artifacts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}