Tara, Sakala and Nishkala Shiva
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1890
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Tara, Sakala and Nishkala Shiva is a 1890 paint by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a blue-skinned figure with multiple arms standing on a prone man. The figure has a snake around its neck, a third eye, and a crown of skulls. Bright flames surround the scene, and the background glows with yellow light. The standing figure holds a small object in one hand and a weapon in another. The painting is part of the *kalighat* tradition, a style of Indian folk art from the 19th century. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The artwork depicts Tara standing atop two forms of Shiva—one manifest (Sakala) and one unmanifest (Nishkala)—rendered in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard. Created in 1890 by an unknown artist, the painting was included in the 1971 *Tantra* exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London, catalogued as item 184.
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