French muralist Fabien Poes shares his experience of painting Indian Goddess

Under the Wall Art Festival organised by the French Embassy in India, French muralist Fabien Poes painted various forms of Indian Goddess Kali on the walls of a village. The muralist recently shared his experience with the Director of Alliance Francaise, Jaipur, Sanjana Sarkar, at the Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD).

During this, Poes talked about his experience with the Wall Art project in Jobner, where he painted seven of the ten forms of Goddess Kali, among which were Bhairavi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bagulamukhi, Dhumawati, Maatangi, Kali, and others. This festival was organised in Jaipur by the Alliance Francaise of Jaipur. The paintings were also displayed to the audience in the form of a presentation.

During his conversation, Poes said that working in an open space in a village was a unique experience for him. He got an opportunity to interact with the locals of the village and be a part of their lifestyle, even if it was for a short time. He said that he was happy to see the villagers being accepting and enthusiastically participating in the whole process. On choosing mythologies as the concept of his Wall Art, he said that similar to art, mythologies are also a medium to convey stories to people that are universal in nature. After the completion of his projects in Rajasthan, he would continue his work in Mumbai and Bhopal. After this, a short film about the Alliance Francaise Jaipur was presented. It is to be noted that the second edition of the Wall Art Festival, being organized from 7 November to 2 December 2022, is witnessing live wall art in as many as 13 cities of the country such as Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, etc.