TANTRIC ARTWORK
[MANGAL, Joshi - Original Artwork] Outsider Tantric Folk Art - Image of a Goddess with Serpent Body and Additional Serpent Creature [#178]
[MANGAL, Joshi - Original Artwork] Outsider Tantric Folk Art - Image of a Goddess with Serpent Body and Additional Serpent Creature [#178]
Kishangarh, Rajasthan: no date (modern). [#178] Gouache painting on recycled paper. This image shows a goddess with a serpent body. A two-headed serpent stands in front of her. In the background are what appear to be words or phrases in Devangari script, possibly more decorative than textual. The size of this image is approximately 5 x 8 inches including margins. Ink word or name in right margin. Very good.
Joshi Mangal is a painter from Kishangarh in Rajasthan (India). His body of work is based on the artistic styles found in bazaars in his community and inflected by his idiosyncratic taste for sensational images of tantric art. He paints images of tantric goddesses, circular yantra designs, astrological images, various body parts used for divination (hands and feet), and more.
