SALMAN TOOR (B. 1983)

Along the upper edge of The Toast, Salman Toor gracefully weaves in fragments of a punjabi Sufi song by the 18th-century mystic-poet Baba Bulleh Shah, titled Tere Ishq Nachaya (Your love made me dance), that loosely translates to:

Your love made me dance
Your love made me hostile
I took a sip from a bowl of poison
The sun has finally set

Fragments from the same poem are featured in other paintings from the artist's 2015 series.