These Portraits have gory undertones, as Mondal’s figures emerge from the idea of moral decay within the society, as an impression of trauma from the 1943 Bengal Famine and 1946...
These Portraits have gory undertones, as Mondal’s figures emerge from the idea of moral decay within the society, as an impression of trauma from the 1943 Bengal Famine and 1946 communal riots remained on him. Thus, these works can be seen as an outlet for him to showcase anguish and suffering as if un-masking the darker side of humanity.