a love story between India and Italy
Through this project, Tarshito reveals the result of his artistic relationship with the beloved Mother India and he offers to the public a series of artworks that embrace and blend the endless traditions of the Indian territories in which the Sacred is still alive.
To Tarshito it is a journey that lasts more than 40.
The selection of works proposed for this project is marked by 20 stages / chapters of a journey started in the early 1980s and never completed. The title of this artistic project is “ T.A.M. TARSHITO’S ARTISTIC MELA – a Love story between India and Italy ” and it should be seen as a tribute to Tarshito’s love story among the territories where he has made an endless variety of artworks that, thanks to their complexity and multiplicity, open new ways and new opportunities to celebrate the meeting (MELA in sanskrit) between cultures and a way of thinking belonging to distant geographic areas.
The artistic production of Tarshito is based on the reciprocal dialogue between artists and their multicolored techniques, between traditions and rituals, between Spirit and Art.
Here is the list of Indian territories crossed by Tarshito during the last years, these are the places of origin of the numerous works of art that Tarshito melted each time with symbolic elements and participative enthusiasm.
For each collaboration Tarshito had, he realized many artworks, but in this list, he is showing only one artwork representative of the particular tradition, if anybody is interested in viewing more please don’t hesitate to contact Tarshito for further inquiries.
1 RAJASTHAN, BIKANER, MINIATURIST TRADITION: RAJU AND MUKESH SWAMI
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0275-2.jpg)
cm 350 x 60h
Acrylics and miniatures on paper applied on raw canvas
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Raju and Mukesh Swami, Bikaner, Rajasthan
2 ORISSA, PURI, PATACHITRA TRADITION: PUSPA RAO
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/puspa-3-1024x307.jpg)
WALKING IN ORISSA | 2017
Cm 1080 x 60 h
Patachitra painting on raw canvas
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Puspa Rao, Puri, Orissa
3 GUJARAT, DASADA, RABARIS TRADITION: GEETA MEGHA
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0067-2-199x300.jpg)
cm 90,5 x 92h
Acrylic on wooden and embroideries on canvas
Tarshito with Geeta Megha, Gujarat
4 GUJARAT, DASADA, MIRR TRADITION: TRIBU’ MIRR
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0140-2-300x300.jpg)
cm 101 x 101h
Embroideries and acrylics on fabric
Tarshito with Mirr Tribe, Kutch, Gujarat
5 GUJARAT, KHAVDA, KUTCH TEXTILE TRADITION: AACHAR MAYA MARVADA
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0037-2-188x300.jpg)
cm 110 x 174h
Ink and embroideries on fabric
Tarshito with Aachar Maya Marvada, Gujarat
6 GUJARAT, NIRONA, BHUJ, ROGAN ART TRADITION: ABDUL GAFOOR KHATRI & FAMILY
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0134-2-300x237.jpg)
cm 260 x 190h
Acrylic, natural stone paste and gold leaf on fabric
Tarshito with Abdul Gafoor Khatri, Gujarat
7a GUJARAT, RADHANPUR, TEXTILE TRADITION MOCHI ARI EMBROIDERY: MANGU BEN BY DASTKAR
7b BIHAR, BHUSANA, SUNJI EMBROIDERY :
7c KARNATAKA, BELLARY, LAMBANI EMBROIDERY: GAURA BAI AND PARVATHI BAI
7d GUJARAT, MOADOTRA, AHIR APPLIQUE : KAKKU AND SUBADHRA BEN
7 e BIHAR, MUZAFFARPUR, TUSSAR PATCHWORK :
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/arazzzi-2.jpg)
cm 107 x 215h
Embroideries on fabric
Tarshito with Mangu Ben, Gujarat
8 BIHAR, MADUBANI TRADITION: BAUA DEVI
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0114-2-300x171.jpg)
cm 151 x 81h
Painting on handmade paper, acrylics and gold leaf on canvas
Tarshito with Baua Devi, Bihar
9 JARKHAND, HAZARIBHAG, KOHVER AND SOHRAI TRADITION: PHILOMINA TIRKEY & DULARI EKKA
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0075-2-300x240.jpg)
cm 277 x 220h
Acrylics and gold leaf on fabric
Tarshito with Philomina Tirkey & Dulari Ekka, Jarkhand
10 NAGALAND, TEXTILE TRADITION
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0149-2-300x237.jpg)
GROWING IN LOVE | 2009
cm 257 x 180h
Inks on canvas and handmade fabric from Nagaland
Tarshito with Textile tradition of Nagaland
11 UTTAR PRADESH, SAANJHI TRADITION BY DAKSTAR
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CU0002-2-161x300.jpg)
cm 40 x 75,5h
Paper cutting
Tarshito with Saanjhi, Craftpeople of Uttar Pradesh
12 MAHARASHTRA, DAHANU, WARLI TRADITION: KAMLESH E UMESH RATNA
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0128-2-300x199.jpg)
cm 253 x 161h
Acrylic on canvas with soil and rice on canvas
Tarshito with Umesh and Kamlesh Ratna, Maharashtra
13 MADHYA PRADESH, BHOPAL, GOND TRADITION: VENKAT RAMAN SINGH SHYAM
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gond-2.jpg)
cm 130 x 60h
Acrylics on raw canvas
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, Madhya Pradesh.
14 WEST BENGAL, MEDINIPUR, PATUA PAINTING TRADITION: CHITRAKAR FAMILY
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PW0223-2.jpg)
cm 660 x 81 h
Acrylics and natural colors on raw canvas
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with: Prabir, Mantu, Sonyia, Tagar, Layla, Suman, Mamoni Chitrakar, West Bengal
15. ANDHRA PRADESH, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, SRIKALAHASTHI, KALAMKARI PAINTING: M. VISWANATH REDDY
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0344-1-300x167.jpg)
cm: 213x 112 h
acrylic colors, ink, colors obtained from natural plants on support prepared with a black color called “Kasami”
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with M. Viswanath Reddy, Andhra Pradesh
6. ORISSA, PUTTASINGH DISTRICT RAYADARGA. SAURA ART: RABATH SABAR AND GAJENDRA GAMANGO
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0342-1-1024x213.jpg)
cm 6000 x 60h
acrylic colors and ink on rough fabric
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Rabath Sabar and Gajendra Gamango, Orissa
17. RAJASTHAN, BHILWARA, PADH PAINTING: JOSHI FAMILY
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0393-1-300x244.jpg)
cm 114 X 83h
acrylic colors and ink on fabric
Collaboration: Elisabetta Scagliusi, Poilignano a mare, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Khushbu Chhipa, Rajasthan
18. RAJASTHAN, TONK DISTRICT, SHIVPURI, MEENA PAINTING: KALI, KHANI, SAJANA, MEGHA, POOJA, SARUNI, BACHI MAND, JAGDISH BAI.
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0406-1-300x244.jpg)
cm 214 x 158h
natural colors and acrylics on fabric
Collaboration: Teresa Albanese, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Megha, Rajasthan
19. TELANGANA, HYDERABAD, CHERIAL PAINTING: VAIKUNTAM NAKESH , SHRI MERUGOJU MADHU, KIRAN NAGHESWAR, RAKESH D., VINAY D.
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0375-1.jpg)
cm 271 x75 h
acrylic colors and ink on fabric
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with Nakash Vinay, Hiderabad
20. TELANGANA, HYDERABAD, NIRMAL PAINTING: B. BASHKER
![](https://www.specialetarshito.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PW0378-1-252x300.jpg)
cm 130 x 165h
acrylic colors and ink on fabric
Collaboration: Francesco Ventura, Corato, Bari, Italy
Tarshito with B. Bashker, Hyderabad