TANTRIC ARTWORK
[MANGAL, Joshi - Original Artwork] Outsider Tantric Folk Art - Image of a Multi-Armed Headless Goddess [Image #098]
[MANGAL, Joshi - Original Artwork] Outsider Tantric Folk Art - Image of a Multi-Armed Headless Goddess [Image #098]
Kishangarh, Rajasthan: no date (modern). [#098] Gouache painting on recycled paper. This image shows a multi-armed headless goddess holding her own severed head, a bowl of blood and weapons. An additional severed head is below 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 8 x 6 inches including margins. Some small ink doodles on reverse. 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.
