Those are the type of revelations that have influenced his latest series of online exhibitions, Essence of Desert, which will be displayed on the websites of four galleries, including Jamaat Art Gallery in Mumbai. In it, he quite literally draws inspiration from the trips he took to the middle of West Australian deserts, travelling for miles on end with not a single human being in sight. “Yet, people have inhabited that same barren land for centuries now. But how did people know where to commute before the advent of road signs and modern vehicles? Through paintings on the walls of hills or caves,” Mondal tells us, adding that hundreds of years ago, people in the area used the pictures of celestial objects like the stars and moon as navigational symbols.

The painter says, “Art is always made with some purpose — to entertain, educate, scare, communicate, gain power, make money, whatever.” That has never changed, and never will, he adds. 

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