Lot 32: Last Straw

JUSTIN PONMANY (B. 1974)
Last Straw
titled, dated and inscribed 'Last Straw 2005 31" x 60"' (on the reverse)
mixed media on paper
31 x 59 5/8 in. (78.7 x 151.2 cm.)
Executed in 2005

Justin Ponmany finds subject matter in the detritus, gutters and alleyways of life in Mumbai. Concerned with the brute Darwinian quality of life in a megalopolis, Ponmany composes his paintings based on photographs of people and places that he either extracts from the media or crafts himself. His tools are often industrial; the artist infects his surfaces with plastic, resin, printer's ink, salt and holograms to create his stylistic effects.