Drishti Paintings and Masks of India

MeMeraki × Amar Ramesh

Drishti Paintings and Masks of India

An India Art Fair – Satellite Event

As part of the India Art Fair week, MeMeraki presents a powerful exploration of protection, belief, and visual ferocity—rooted in the folk traditions of Tamil Nadu.

At the heart of this showcase is Kolli Kannu: Drishti Paintings of Tamil Nadu, a seminal hardcover art book by Amar Ramesh. Through evocative photography and deep cultural insight, Amar documents the striking world of Drishti art—bold “evil eye” motifs, fierce guardian faces, exaggerated eyes, horns, and expressions created to ward off negativity and safeguard homes and temples.

Extending the book beyond the page, MeMeraki’s master artisans have re-imagined these Drishti forms as sculptural masks, bringing the language of protection into three dimensions. The result is a rare dialogue between documentation and living craft—photograph and object, archive and reinvention.

Come experience:

Amar Ramesh’s original Drishti photographs

Handcrafted Drishti Bomma masks recreated by traditional artists

Signed copies and display of Kolli Kannu

📍 The Kunj, New Delhi

🗓 During India Art Fair week

This satellite exhibition is an invitation to encounter folk art not as nostalgia, but as a living, breathing visual force—where art protects, eyes watch back, and tradition finds a contemporary voice.