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Subodh Gupta — Still Steal Steel #1
Subodh Gupta

Still Steal Steel #1

A gleaming arrangement of everyday Indian kitchen vessels and utensils dominates the canvas, rendered with striking photorealistic precision in oil and enamel. Gupta elevates the humble stainless steel objects of domestic life into monumental still life, bridging the traditions of classical European painting with a distinctly contemporary South Asian material culture. The reflective surfaces shimmer with an almost sculptural presence, transforming ordinary cookware into a meditation on labor, consumption, and post-colonial identity.

Medium
oil and enamel on canvas

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2013

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Subodh Gupta, Still Steal Steel #1

A gleaming arrangement of everyday Indian kitchen vessels and utensils dominates the canvas, rendered with striking photorealistic precision in oil and enamel. Gupta elevates the humble stainless steel objects of domestic life into monumental still life, bridging the traditions of classical European painting with a distinctly contemporary South Asian material culture. The reflective surfaces shimmer with an almost sculptural presence, transforming ordinary cookware into a meditation on labor, consumption, and post-colonial identity.

Medium
oil and enamel on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Painting, Consumer Objects, Male Artist, Contemporary Artist, Canvas, 21st Century, Urban Everyday, Metallic Tones, Realism, Indian Artist, Oil And Enamel, Still Life

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