Dancing to Whitney

Details

SALMAN TOOR (B. 1983)
Dancing to Whitney
signed and dated 'Salman Toor 2018' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
16 x 12 in. (40.9 x 30.7 cm.)
Painted in 2018.

Provenance

O Art Space, Lahore
Private collection
Anon. sale; Phillips, London, 16 April 2021, lot 201
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

N. Gupta, "Pakistani-origin, New York-based artist Salman Toor wants to paint a world where the East and West harmonise," GQ India, 12 March 2020, digital.
H. Wong, "Salman Toor, The Artsy Vanguard," Artsy, 2020, digital.

Exhibited

Lahore, O Art Space, Salman Toor: New Paintings, April 2019.

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Lot Essay

I had done a painting called 'Dancing to Whitney' about two years ago. I was imagining that the characters in the painting were dancing to this song, 'How Will I Know?' When we decided to do this show, we took this title because, not only was it a song that I really like dancing to, but it also had a deeper resonance, thinking about the future.
– Salman Toor

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