Among the practising painters of Madhy Pradesh today, Mukesh Bijole can be easily calles as a rebel. in fact a large number of artists of the state have a deep influence of masters like Swaminathan and Raza and one can even see a continuance of such influence among the younger generation of artist. Mukesh has chosen not to follow the path of his predecessors and adhered steadfastly to his own style. Mukesh is essentially an artist of the masses since the very beginning of his career, we find the presence of masses in his paintings. In his recent paintings the group of people seems to have organised themselves to form a procession. A procession of people intensely united to form a column which is just across the canvas to create a strong competition. In some of his paintings, the similar crowd appear as a cluster to form the branches and foliage of an ancient tree, often reminding us of ‘composites’ of traditional Rajasthani miniature paintings. Over a couple of decades, Mukesh has ...