Tiger With Birds – Studio BAC

Nobody told this tiger he was supposed to be frightening. He’s got six birds on his back, a curling tail full of swagger, and absolutely nowhere urgent to be. Gond artists have always had this — a joy in the natural world that never tips into sentimentality, a sense of humour that lives inside the sacred without disrespecting it. This is folk art that knows exactly what it’s doing and is having a wonderful time doing it. On large-format museum-grade canvas, it brings the kind of energy into a room that makes people smile before they even know why.