Performance Charged Wall Art

Performance Charged — 2 museum-grade prints that set the mood. Chenda melam is the percussion ensemble at the heart of Kerala's temple festivals — most famously the Thrissur Pooram — built on the chenda, a cylindrical drum played upright with sticks, supported by the elathalam cymbals and the curved kombu and kuzhal wind instruments. Here it is set inside bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition that flourished roughly from the 16th to 19th century and is still painted today: flat panchavarna pigments (red, yellow, green, black, white over an ochre ground), a bold lamp-black outline and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes. Kathakali is Kerala's classical dance-drama, famous for its elaborate green Pacha makeup, towering crowns and the white chutti frame built up around the face, with hours of preparation before a night-long performance. This print sets that backstage moment inside bhitti chitra, Kerala's temple-mural tradition that flourished roughly from the 16th to 19th century and is still painted today: flat panchavarna pigments (red, yellow, green, black, white over an ochre ground), a bold lamp-black outline and the school's elongated lotus-shaped eyes.

Updated 22 Jun 2026