New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Colours seem to have spilled onto the walls of Ojas Art as paintings by the late artist Jodhaiya Bai Baiga light up the gallery. Her works feature two of her favourite motifs, drawn from the forests surrounding her village in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district-Bageswar, or the tiger god, a symbol of protection for members of the Baiga tribe, and the mahua tree, which represents sustenance and regeneration. More than 50 paintings are now being exhibited as part of Bloom at Dusk, a major retrospective curated by Minhazz Majumdar.

The octogenarian, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2023, passed away a year later. Her art defies categorisation- while she drew on traditional motifs, her observations of everyday life in Uma...