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)
Artists’ book
Courtesy the artists and Raking Leaves
පළමු ප්‍රදර්ශනය: ‘The One Year Drawing Project: May 2005–October 2007’, ටොරොන්ටෝ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල කලා මධ්‍යස්ථානය, ටොරොන්ටෝ, කැනඩාව, 2009
‘The One Year Drawing Project’ යනු කලාකරුවන් හතර දෙනෙකු අතර මාස 29ක කාලයක් තුළ වූ චිත්‍ර හුවමාරුවකින් සැදුම්ලත් කලා ග්‍රන්ථ ව්‍යාපාරයකි. මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය 2005 වසරේ මැයි මස ආරම්භ වූයේ චිත්‍ර හතරක් නිර්මාණය වීමෙන් පසුව ය. පසුව, කලාකරුවන් සිව්දෙන අතර හුවමාරු වූ මෙම චිත්‍ර මගින් තවත් චිත්‍ර මාලාවක් නිර්මාණය විය. ව්‍යාපෘතිය ආරම්භයේ දී, වසරෙහි සති 52ට අනුරූපී ලෙස හුවමාරු 52කින් සමන්විත කාල රාමුවක් ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා නියම කරන ලදි. එනමුත් අවසානයේ, ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා වසරකට වැඩි කලක් ගත වූ අතර, ගත වූ සම්පූර්ණ කාලය මාස 18කි. ඒ, කලා කෘති නිර්මාණය හා ප්‍රදර්ශනය සඳහා වූ අවකාශය ඇතුළු දෛනික ජීවිතයේ සියලුම පැතිකඩකම පාහේ තිබුණු කාලය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වූ මතයන් යුද්ධය නිසා කඩාකප්පල් වූ නිසා ය. ඒ අනුව, මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය ගැටුම් සන්දර්භය තුළ කාලය හා සංවාදය අතර සබඳතාවය අවබෝධ කර ගැනීමට ගත් උත්සහයකි. කලාකාරිනියක ද පර්යේෂිකාවක ද වන මරියා ලුක්මන් විසින් මෙම ග්‍රන්ථයට සම්බන්ධ සිදුවීම් කාල-රේඛාවක් සම්පාදනය කරන ලදි.
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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