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It is rare to encounter a truly original vision that is capable of startling us into re-looking familiar sights. Bhajju Shyam does just that. Bhajju is a brilliant young artist from the Gond tribe in central India who was invited to London two years ago to paint the interiors of an Indian restaurant. He found the mores and manners of London intriguing, and went on to record his experiences in the form a stunning visual travelogue. With radical innocence and great sophistication, Bhajju turns London into an exotic bestiary, where the Underground is a giant earthworm, Big Ben merges with a giant…mehr

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It is rare to encounter a truly original vision that is capable of startling us into re-looking familiar sights. Bhajju Shyam does just that. Bhajju is a brilliant young artist from the Gond tribe in central India who was invited to London two years ago to paint the interiors of an Indian restaurant. He found the mores and manners of London intriguing, and went on to record his experiences in the form a stunning visual travelogue. With radical innocence and great sophistication, Bhajju turns London into an exotic bestiary, where the Underground is a giant earthworm, Big Ben merges with a giant rooster, and English people are bats that come out to play at night. Bhajju breathes the ancient spirit of wonder back into the act of travel, showing you a London you have never encountered before.
Autorenporträt
Bhajju Shyam lives and works in Bhopal in central India. Like most Gond children he grew up helping his mother paint the walls of their village home. Bhajju's family was too poor to keep him on in school, so when he turned sixteen, he came to the city of Bhopal in search of work. He worked at several odd jobs, before becoming an artist's apprentice. Bhajju's prowess as an independent artist grew quickly, and in 2001 he received a state award for Best Indigenous Artist. His work has also been exhibited in the UK, Germany, Holland and Russia.