Focus Sri Lanka: Contemporary Views

 

A special focus on Sri Lanka today through exhibitions; discussions and film screening organized in collaboration with the South Asian University; Sri Lanka High Commission; and with the support of Sri Lankan Airlines

 

 

 

Exhibition 

 

Portraits of Resistance

 

Curators: Anoli Perera, Theertha International Artists’ Collective, Colombo; and Dr. Dev Pathak, Department of Sociology, South Asian University

 

Participating artists: Jagath Weerasinghe, Anoli Perera, Bandu Manamperi, Pala Pothupitiya, Anura Krishanta, Pradeep Chandrasiri, Pradeep Talawatte, Thisath thoradeniya and Pushpakumara Koralegedera

 

Each of the artists have tried to capture a portrait of a nation whose historical trajectory has gone through strained moments that are heavy with colonial legacies, homeland claims, armed conflicts, autocratic rules and polarized ethnic politics

 

 

Inauguration on Monday, 22 August 2016 at 18:30

 

 

 

Organised in collaboration with Department of Sociology, South Asian University; Society and Culture in South Asia Journal; India-Sri Lanka Foundation; and Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo