143Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape (2012)
Pradeep Thalawatta (b. 1979)
Pyrography drawing on photographs
Collection the artist
පළමු ප්‍රදර්ශනය: කලයිතූදු කලා මුත්‍රම්, යාපනය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, 2018
2010 වසරේ සිට, ප්‍රදීප් තලවත්ත කොළඹ සිට යාපනය දක්වා වූ කිලෝමීටර 420 ක දුර බස් මාර්ගයේ නිතරම ගමන් කළේය. මෙම දිගු ගමන් කලා කෘති හා ව්‍යාපෘති කිහිපයකටම මග පාදා දුණි. ‘Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape’ කෘතියේ කලාකරුවා 2009 මැයි 13 වන දින ප්‍රවෘත්තිවල පළ වූ ඡායාරූපයක අනුවාද දෙකක් එකිනෙකට යාබදව තබයි. මෙම ඡායාරූපයෙන් දිස්වන්නේ උතුරු පළාතේ කිලිනොච්චි නගරයේ යුද විරහිත කලාපයයේ අතරමං කරන ලද ගිනිගෙන දැවෙන ගිලන් රථයකි. පෑස්සුම් යකඩ තුඩක් භාවිත කරමින් තලවත්ත මෙම රූපය ‘ට්‍රේස්’ කිරීමට උත්සහ ගත් අතර, එම ක්‍රියාවලියේදී රූපය නොදැනුවත්වම මැකී ගියේය. එ අනුව, කලාකරුවා විසින් යම් භූදර්ශනයක් ද එම භූදර්ශනයට අනන්‍ය සිද්ධීන් වාර්තාගත කිරීම සඳහා යොදා ගත්තේ ග්‍රහණයට හසුවන සියල්ලම මකා දැමීමට සමත්වන ක්‍රියාවලියකි. එය මතකයත් (එනම් වාර්තා වූ දෙයත්) අමතක වූ දෙයත් අතර ඇති සම්බන්ධය පිළිබඳ රූපකයකි; එම සම්බන්ධය පිළිබඳ සිතා බැලීමට ප්‍රේක්ෂකයාව යම් ලෙසකින් අවුස්සන කෘතියකි.
Gallery 1
රට, නිවහන, භූමිය
1Fig. 1 90° 18’ 43.057 N 80° 47’ 11.726, E (2014)
Cassie Machado (b. 1982)
2 Barrelism Tourist Map (1997)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
3 GPS Drawing: Jaffna to Delft, 9.30 am to 10.30 am, Boat, 10 Feb 2015 (2015)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
4 GPS Drawing: Jaffna Hostel (Kalviyankadu) to Ramanathan Academy (Maruthanarmadam), Three-wheeler, 12 km, 26 April 2012 (2012)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
5 GPS Drawings, England 2011, Oxford to Paddington, Train, 1.01 pm to 2 pm, 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
6 GPS drawing: Killinochi to Vavuniya, Train, 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
7 GPS Drawing: Kudirimale to Wilpattu National Park Gate, 53km, 1.40 pm to 5.40 pm, Jeep, 7 October 2017 (2017)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
8 GPS Drawing: Fuengirola to Córdoba, 8.30 am to 11.18 am, Bus, 9 August 2017 (2017)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
9 GPS Drawing: Babaragasthalawa to Kumana campsite, 10 km, 1.15 hr, Jeep Toyota 4×4, June 2011 (2011)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
10Independence Day Colombo 1991 (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
11 St Peter’s Old Boys Reunion, Colombo (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
12 Private Lessons, Colombo (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
13 Rosie’s Deportment Class, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
14 Tourist, Ahungalla (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
15 Spoken English, Balangoda (1988)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
16If You Boycott the Elections the Penalty Is Death, PRRA, Peoples Revolutionary Red Army, Galle (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
17Corridors of Power: Drawing and Modelling Sri Lanka’s Tryst with Democracy (2015)
Channa Daswatte (b. 1965), Sanjana Hattotuwa (b. 1977), Asanga Welikala (b. 1976)
18 Andare of Sri Lanka (1978)
Tilak Samarawickrema (b. 1943)
19 Andare of Sri Lanka (1978)
Tilak Samarawickrema (b. 1943)
20 Ceylon Since Soulbury Part I: A History in Cartoons by Collette (1948)
Aubrey Collette (1920–1992)
21 Sinhala English Dictionary in a Steel Jail (2007)
Kingsley Gunatillake (b. 1951)
22The One Year Drawing Project: May 2005–October 2007 (2008)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966) , T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969), Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960), Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
23 Purification Ritual in the Manik Ganga, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
24 Hindu Penitent with Kavadi, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
25 Hindu Penitent, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)
Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)
26 Nowhere Is Now Here (1985)
Laki Senanayake (b. 1937)
Gallery 2
මම, බැල්ම, පෙනී සිටීම
27 Me, Myself and I (2010)
Arjuna Gunarathne (b. 1976)
28 Masked JVP Supporter, Tangalle (1987)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
29 Female Searching, Checkpoint at Pallai (2007)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
30–33Untitled (c. 1930s)
W. J. G. Beling (1907–1992)
34 Do Not Measure Me (2001)
T. P. G. Amarajeewa (b. 1972)
35I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series II (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
36 I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series I (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
37I Let My Hair Loose: Protest Series IV (2010)
Anoli Perera (b. 1962)
38Living Sculpture (2004)
Sujeewa Kumari (b. 1971)
39Broken Hands (1998/1999)
Pradeep Chandrasiri (b.1968)
40Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling (2007/2012)
Ruhanie Perera (b. 1979)
41Somewhere Between Truth and Its Telling (2007/2012)
Ruhanie Perera (b. 1979)
42Broken Palmyrah (1999)
Godwin R. Constantine (b. 1964)
43Safety Pin (2009)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
44Lionel Wendt Caricature (c. 1940s)
Aubrey Collette (b. 1920–1992)
Gallery 3
මායිම/මායිම්, සීමාව
45–59Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
60–62Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
63 Nightscapes (1999)
Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)
64 Ravana (1991)
Nillanthan (b.1965)
65 This Is Not a White Flag VII (2012)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
66Thorns V (2011)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
67 Rest (2012)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
68Journey I (2015)
G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)
69 Journey II (2015)
G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)
70Fence VII (2018)
Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)
71 Fence VIII (2018)
Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)
72–106Alai (1975 –1990)
Various authors
107A Song of Ceylon (1985)
Laleen Jayamanne (b. 1947)
108The Song of Ceylon (1934)
Lionel Wendt (1900–1944), Dir. Basil Wright (1907–1987), Prod. John Grierson (1898–1972)
109 Yellow Tower (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
110–117Untitled—various works (1997)
S. H. Sarath (b. 1947)
118View from Layards Road House Window (1969)
W. J. G. Beling (1907–1992)
Gallery 4
අහිමිවීම, ඇදහිල්ල, සෝක වීම
119 I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
120A Mother in Sri Lanka (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
121Broken Stupa (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
122I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
123I have got enough guilt to start my own religion (1992)
Jagath Weerasinghe (b. 1954)
124Instant Nirvana PVT LTD (2000)
Bandu Manamperi (b. 1972)
125Bullets (2007)
Kusal Gunasekara (b. 1974)
126War Text (2007)
Kingsley Gunatillake (b. 1951)
127Portuguese Slave Trader (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
128Mazari Chieftain with Young Girl (2019)
Tissa De Alwis (b. 1956)
129Paper (2011)
Kannan Arunasalam (b. 1972)
130Kerosene (2011)
Kannan Arunasalam (b. 1972)
131’83 (2016)
Sumudu Athukorala (b. 1979), Sumedha Kelegama (b. 1988), Irushi Tennekoon (b. 1989)
132Glitch V (2016)
Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)
133J.R on TV, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
134Monks on TV, Colombo (2007)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
135Prosthetic Feet, Jaffna (1987)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
136 No Glory (1998)
Sarath Kumarasiri (b. 1968)
137Artefacts from Jaffna (2013)
T. Krishnapriya (b. 1987)
138Missing (1995)
T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969)
139Study for Kannagi (c. 1963–72)
Tissa Ranasinghe (1925–2019)
140Displacement (2015)
M. Vijitharan (b. 1985)
141Refugees Returning to Talaimannar (1991)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
142 Tyre
Pradeep Chandrasiri (b.1968)
143Disappearing and Reappearing Landscape (2012)
Pradeep Thalawatta (b. 1979)
144Raja Theatre Halt (2012)
Pradeep Thalawatta (b. 1979)
145Tissa’s Plasticine Models, Colombo (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
146 New Dagoba, Near Mutur (2012)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
147Baby in Sari, Maskeliya (1989)
Stephen Champion (b. 1959)
148Cradle (2012)
Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)
149 Cabinet of Resistance No. 2 (2016)
T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969)
150Last Supper (1993)
A. Mark (1933–2000)
151 Jesus (not dated)
Fareed Uduman (1917–1985)
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