K. Laxma Goud

Acquired from Aurodhan art gallery, Jamshedpur, 1999

The goat is one of the mainstays of K. Laxma Goud’s art. Goud's family raised both goats and buffaloes; animals which served as the artist’s earliest inspirations and subjects.  These goats are not just symbols of rural India. In Goud's words, "No one cares for a goat except perhaps for the artist who sees in the creature the dogged determination of a people who have learnt to live off their landscape by foraging for what they can get out of it.’ (G. Doctor, Manifestations, Delhi Art Gallery, New York, 2005)