Archives: Gallery Items

TEST(72ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

TEST(72ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

TEST(72ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

TEST(150ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

TEST (150ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

TEST (150ppi): Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)

C-type photographs Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Afterlife’, Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2016 Mullivaikkal, located in the northeast of Sri Lanka is a coastal shoreline often synonymous with the final stages of the civil war, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels fought their last stand before being defeated by the Sri Read More

Jesus (not dated)

Oil on board Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘Odd Man Out’, Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1993 Although Fareed Uduman did not produce a huge body of work during his lifetime, the paintings that are attributed to him (he did not sign his works) attest to an abiding interest in the figure, with both female Read More

Last Supper (1993)

Acrylic on canvas Private collection, Batticaloa In 1993 the students of the Protestant Chaplaincy of Jaffna University commissioned A. Mark to paint the ‘Last Supper’ as a gift to Bishop Ambalavanar (1928–1997) and Dr. Chandraranee Ambalavanar (1929–2017) on the occasion of the Bishop’s retirement. Jaffna, which was under the control of the  Liberation Tigers of Read More

Cabinet of Resistance No. 2 (2016)

Wooden chest, index cards Collection the artist First exhibited: Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India, 2016 ‘Cabinet of Resistance’ utilises and transforms the card index bureau. An administrative archival system, originally designed to collate scientific data in the 18th century, the bureau was later adopted by libraries and museums, along with state bureaucracy for filing purposes. ‘Cabinet Read More

Cradle (2012)

Safety pins Collection the artist First exhibited: ‘New Works’, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012 For many years Manori Jayasinghe has used the commonplace safety pin to create sculptural forms that explore issues of vulnerability and danger. Using the pin as if it were a piece of thread, she weaves them into surfaces, Read More

Baby in Sari, Maskeliya (1989)

Archival digital print from original ‘C’ type photograph All works collection the artist First exhibited: ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ first published by Garnet, United Kingdom, 1993 ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ first published by Stephen Champion, 2008 Stephen Champion’s first book of photographs ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ was published in 1993. He self-published his second book ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ in Read More

New Dagoba, Near Mutur (2012)

Archival digital print from original ‘C’ type photograph All works collection the artist First exhibited: ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ first published by Garnet, United Kingdom, 1993 ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ first published by Stephen Champion, 2008 Stephen Champion’s first book of photographs ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ was published in 1993. He self-published his second book ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ in Read More

Tissa’s Plasticine Models, Colombo (1989)

Archival digital print from original ‘C’ type photograph All works collection the artist First exhibited: ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ first published by Garnet, United Kingdom, 1993 ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ first published by Stephen Champion, 2008 Stephen Champion’s first book of photographs ‘Lanka 1986–1992’ was published in 1993. He self-published his second book ‘Sri Lanka: War Stories’ in Read More

Raja Theatre Halt (2012)

Ink, charcoal, pencil on paper Private collection, Colombo First exhibited: ‘A Different Road’, Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012 ‘Raja Theatre Halt’ depicts a roadside shrine located near an old theatre called ‘Raja’. The shrine sat on the road to Kankesanthurai, one of the main arterial roads in the Northern Province. Like many Read More

Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape (2012)

Pyrography drawing on photographs Collection the artist First exhibited: Kalaithuthu Kala Mutram, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2018 Since 2010 Pradeep Thalawatta has frequently undertaken the 420 km bus journey from Colombo to Jaffna. The long journeys gave rise to several artworks and projects. ‘Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape’ juxtaposes two versions of a found photograph that appeared Read More