The Night Life of Trees

 
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　　在印度貢德部落傳統中，人和樹木的生活緊密相關。樹木包含宇宙，當夜幕低垂，樹木滋養的靈魂閃耀光芒化為生命。本書由三位來自印度貢德部落的傑出藝術家Durga Bai、Bhajju Shyam和Ram Singh Urveti精心創作，如同獻給樹木的瑰麗頌歌。
 
　　貢德是印度中部的一個傳統部落，貢德族人世代居住在森林中。根據當地傳說，樹木在白天時忙著提供食物和遮蔭給人和動物，只有到晚上，樹木真正的神靈才會顯現。樹木在當地的日常中占有重要地位，民間傳說亦圍繞著樹木而生，啟發各種想像和創作。
 
「融合神話、世俗與詩意元素，帶領讀者以誘人的視角一探和諧的世界觀，和破碎的後現代世界形成強烈對比。」——美國《出版人週刊》星級書評
 
「書中夜鶯歌唱直到天明。」——知名文化藝術評論家約翰．伯格（John Berger）

In the belief of the Gond tribe, the lives of humans and trees are closely entwined. Trees contain the cosmos; when night falls, the spirits they nurture glimmer into life.

A visual ode to trees rendered by tribal artists from India, this handcrafted edition showcases three of the finest living Gond masters. This collection of their distinctive styles is enchanting--an excellent gift for those fascinated by trees, art or folk traditions.

Durga Bai is a young woman tribal artist from the Gond tradition of central India. Gond is a ritual and functional art style with distinctive decorative elements, mostly painted on walls of houses, using natural colours. Durga Bai constantly re-works and pushes the borders of the Gond art form to create art that sparkles with a distinctive energy. Bhajju Shyam, of the acclaimed The Night Life of Trees, is the finest living artist of the Gond tribe in India. Intricate and colourful, Bhajju’s work is well-known throughout India and has been exhibited in the UK, Germany, Holland and Russia. From the walls of his tribal village home to international acclaim, Bhajju’s has been an incredible creative journey. Ram Singh Urveti, an artist from central India, is one of the most brilliant living artists of the Gond tradition. Ram Singh’s work has spread the myths and stories of the Gond community throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, and South America and has won him awards nationally and internationally. His work creates a world of fantasy and metamorphosis, coming alive with finely detailed organic forms.