Jivya Soma Mashe

Author: Hervé Perdriolle

ISBN: 979-1254600887

Price: Rs. 6175.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition

Book Overview

Jivya Soma Mashe, a Warli artist, created unique, animist-inspired paintings. His work gained international acclaim, exhibited at prestigious venues like the Centre Pompidou. Text in English and French. This is the first book to be entirely dedicated to the artwork of Jivya Soma Mashe. Through the quality of his work, Jivya Soma Mashe stands comparison with other outstanding enigmatic artists, such as Bill Traylor or Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, who broaden our understanding of the diversity of forms and cultures. Jivya Soma Mashe (1934–2018) is a legendary figure among his people, the Warli, a tribe of around 300,000 inhabiting an area 150 km north of Mumbai (Maharashtra, India). Its members are animists and speak a language that has never developed a written form. To the best of human memory, it is Warli women who have always painted ritual and ephemeral paintings directly on the walls of their huts. The Warli have developed an extremely basic pictography based on circles, triangles, and squares to express their animist culture and represent their only deity, the mother goddess Palghatta, at the center of each painting. After losing his mother at a young age, Jivya Soma Mashe took refuge in drawing, immersing himself in a personal style that first elicited the admiration of his peers and later that of regional, national, and international authorities. Jivya Soma Mashe received his first national award in 1976 – from Indira Gandhi herself. His works featured prominently in the Magiciens de la terre exhibition (Centre Pompidou, Paris 1989) and in the exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cartier Foundation (Paris 2014). Text in English and French. Read more

Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 254 pages. Reference ISBN: 979-1254600887.

About the Author

Hervé Perdriolle is an art critic and exhibition organizer. After co-ordinating the first show of the French Figuration Libre movement (Blanchard, Boisrond, Combas, Di Rosa, Viollet) in Paris (1981), he organized the first exhibitions of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1984).

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll love this book for its rare, immersive journey into the world of Jivya Soma Mashe, one of India’s most revered indigenous artists. As the first volume fully dedicated to his work, it feels like owning a museum-quality reference—richly illustrated, thoughtfully contextualized, and globally significant. You gain insight into Warli culture, animist traditions, and a visual language that reshaped contemporary folk art. It’s a premium, bilingual collector’s piece that deepens your understanding of art beyond the written word.
• Published by 5 Continents Editions.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 254.

Catalog Description

Jivya Soma Mashe, a Warli artist, created unique, animist-inspired paintings. His work gained international acclaim, exhibited at prestigious venues like the Centre Pompidou. Text in English and French. This is the first book to be entirely dedicated to the artwork of Jivya Soma Mashe. Through the quality of his work, Jivya Soma Mashe stands comparison with other outstanding enigmatic artists, such as Bill Traylor or Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, who broaden our understanding of the diversity of forms and cultures. Jivya Soma Mashe (1934–2018) is a legendary figure among his people, the Warli, a tribe of around 300,000 inhabiting an area 150 km north of Mumbai (Maharashtra, India). Its members...

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