
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 17, 2013
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