Saturday 14 June 2014

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India

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A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Blessing Dance” 2011, 11 kinds of soils, cow dung, ash of straw, water, straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Blessing Dance” 2011, 11 kinds of soils, cow dung, ash of straw, water, straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Blessing Dance” 2011, 11 kinds of soils, cow dung, ash of straw, water, straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Stories of YAOYOROZU” 2012, 13 kinds of soils, water, ash of straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Stories of YAOYOROZU” 2012, 13 kinds of soils, water, ash of straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

left: “Earth Painting: Blessing Dance” 2011. Photo by Kenji Mimura | right: “Earth Painting; The Forest of Vows” 2010. Photo by Junai Nakagawa

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Stories of YAOYOROZU” 2012, 13 kinds of soils, water, ash of straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting; The Forest of Vows” 2010, 7 kinds of soils, cow dung, water, straw. Photo by Junai Nakagawa

A Sprawling Mud Mural by Yusuke Asai Brings Art Into Classrooms in India school murals India education

“Earth Painting: Stories of YAOYOROZU” 2012, 13 kinds of soils, water, ash of straw. Photo by Kenji Mimura

The Wall Art Project is a non-profit organization based in Tokyo who organizes Wall Art Festival (WAF), an initiative to bring art into schools in places like India and Tibet. The Japanese artist Yusuke Asai, who paints with basically anything he can get his hands on (tape, pens, leaves, dust and mud…) was asked to travel to the Niranjana School in Bihar (east India) to create a mural on the walls of a classroom.

You can only imagine the surprise when Asai unveiled a sprawling, immersive mural titled “Earth Painting; The Forest of Vows.” To create the piece, Asai sourced only locally available materials which included 7 different types of soil, cow dung, water and straw. Unfortunately the installation wasn’t permanent and was washed away after several months, but we do have these photos to document the art. (syndicated from Spoon & Tamago)

 
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