42Broken Palmyrah (1999)
Godwin R. Constantine (b. 1964)
Photographs
Collection the artist
පළමු රංගනය: VAFA කලාගාරය, කොළඹ, ශ්‍රි ලංකාව, 1999
‘Broken Palmyrah’ යනු ගොඩ්වින් ආර්. කොන්ස්ටන්ටයින්ගේ පළමු අභිවාහ්‍ය කලා කෘතියයි. එය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමකාලීන අභිවාහ්‍ය කලාවේ (performance art) මුල්ම උදාහරණයකි. මෙම රංගනය ප්‍රචාරණය කරනු ලැබුවේ “පස්වරු 7 ට ගෞරවනීය අමුත්තන්ගේ පැමිණීමෙනුත්, පස්වරු 7:30 ට (අ)සාම්ප්‍රදායික පොල් තෙල් පහනක් දැල්වීමෙනුත් පසුව, පස්වරු 7:30 සිට පස්වරු 8:30 දක්වා වූ ශුභ මොහොතේ රාජිනි තිරානගම හට කරන ලද උපහාරයක්” ලෙස ය. නියමිත වේලාව පැමිණි විට කලාකරුවා බිඳුණු තල් රුකක සිතුවමක් පිළිස්සුවේ ය. 1987 ඉන්දු-ලංකා සාම ගිවිසුම අත්සන් වීමෙන් පසුව,1989 වසරේ, වෛද්‍යවරියක හා මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් ක්‍රියාකාරිනියක වූ රාජිනි තිරානගම සහ තවත් කිහිප දෙනෙක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනවාර්ගික ගැටුමෙහි උච්චතම අවස්ථාවේ සිදු වූ අතිශය කුරිරු හා ප්‍රචණ්ඩ ක්‍රියා පිළිබඳ පොතක් ලිවූහ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරට සිදුවූ විපත්තිය හේතු කොටගෙන එම පොතට ‘The Broken Palmyrah’ හෙවත් ‘බිඳුණු තල් රුක’ ලෙස නම් තබන ලදි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උතුරු ප්‍රදේශයේ ස්වාභාවිකව වැවෙන ශාකයක් වන තල් ගස, එහි ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හා දරා සිටීමේ හැකියාව සඳහා ප්‍රසිද්ධ ය. ඒ අනුව, විපත්තියට මුහුණ දුන් රටේ උතුර සංකේතවත් කිරීම සඳහා එය බහුලව යොදා ගැනුණි. 1989 සැප්තැම්බර් 21 වන දින, සිය නිවෙස බලා පාපැදියකින් ගමන් කරමින් සිටි රාජිනි තිරානගම වෙඩි තබා ඝාතනය කරන ලදි. ඇගේ ඝාතනයට එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊය වගකිවයුතු බව පිළිගැනුණු අතර, එය ඔවුන් පිළිබඳව ඇගේ පොතේ වූ විවේචනය සඳහා පලිගැනීමක් බව ද විශ්වාස කෙරේ. ගොඩ්වින් කොන්ස්ටන්ටයින්ගේ අභිවාහ්‍ය කලා කෘතිය රාජිනි තිරානගමගේ මෙම පරාර්ථකාමී, ධෛර්යසම්පන්න ක්‍රියාවට උපහාර දැක්වූ අතර, යුද සමය තුළ දරා සිටීමේ හැකියාව හා විරෝධය ද පිළිබඳව ආවර්ජනය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමකාලීන අභිවාහ්‍ය කලාකරුවකු විසින් ගන්නා ලද මුල්ම උත්සහයකි.
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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