Chikkamagalur: Modernisation has taken toll on many aspects of human life including art and culture where the “work of hands” takes a back seat and artificial intelligence takes over. In the modern world, some creations which appear as “vague” too have many followers because a vague artist can touch the ends of the earth. A natural artist has to put in immense efforts to create an impact, not only while creating his “master piece” but even in promoting it.

Women folk in rural India create “Rangolis” at their door step every day. Some do with ease whereas rest strive a little more to create an “artwork” exclusively to wish good to people stepping out of home and welcome those walking in.

These works using powder to draw Rangolis and liquid to create Warli and other related forms of art on walls have succeeded in livening rural life and also in keeping the folk culture alive. In recent times, this form of art got totally sidelined due to lack of support from social and government sectors at local level and due to invasion of computer based art works at global level.

Undeterred by the happenings around, children from the Shantinikethan School of Arts tried to revive the dying art. They believed their art has a unique relationship with folk culture and wanted to picture their feelings, rural life and culture on walls to revive the age old art form.

Their art works conveyed many messages in a way or the other creating awareness among folks exhibiting the immense potential for the dying art in the globalised world.