Summary:
Lack of patronage is sounding a death knell for tribal and folk art forms, rued many artists at the ongoing art workshop at Tribal Research Institute in the capital. My grandfather and father did not earn much through the sale of Paitkar paintings either, but the situation was somewhat different then. So is the case of Mintu Kumar, a 15-year-old Sohrai artist from Hazaribag . I remember when my son was young; every child in the village would learn the art form. Youngsters are losing interest in the art form because it doesn’t promise a lucrative career.”Vijay Chitrakar, a Paitkar artist from Dhalbumgarh , concurred with Manikchand’s views..