Chennai Billboards in Berlin

Three Chennai billboard painters went to the Asia-Pacific Week fair in Berlin last week. They brought with them 20 billboards, and painted another one on the spot. Here's the article, according to which

for painting 60-feet tall billboards, the artist is handed images on an A-4 size paper. He is expected to execute the magnification. About 4,000-5,000 people in Chennai drew sustenance from the art till just about a year ago. Six studios employing 30 painters last year dwindling to 4 studios employing 4 people shows up an art facing the threat of total extinction.

one of the Chennai billboards, centre