Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

20Ceylon Since Soulbury Part I: A History in Cartoons by Collette (1948)

Aubrey Collette (1920–1992)

First edition book

Private collection, Melbourne

முதன் முதலில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது: ‘Times of Ceylon’, கொழும்பு, இலங்கை, 1948

‘Ceylon Since Soulbury’ ஆப்ரி கோலெட்டின் வாழ்நாளில் வெளியிடப்பட்ட முதலாவது புத்தகமும் ஒரே ஒரு புத்தகமும் இதுவாகும். இந்தப் புத்தகம் 1945 முதல் 1947 வரை அவரது கார்ட்டூன்களின் தொகுப்பை உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது. நம்பிக்கையுடன் ‘Part 1’ என்று பெயரிடப்பட்டிருந்தாலும், அடுத்த தொகுதி ஒருபோதும் வெளியிடப்படவில்லை. அட்டைக்கான விளக்கப்படம் இலங்கையின் (முன்னைய சிலோன்) முதல் பிரதம மந்திரி டி.எஸ்.செனநாயக்கவுக்கு (1883–1952) லார்ட் சோல்பரியால் (1887–1971) மகுடம் சூட்டப்படுவதைக் காட்டுகிறது, லார்ட் சோல்பரியின் அறிக்கைக்கு பிரிட்டிஷ் அரசாங்கத்தால் நிதியுதவியளிக்கப்பட்டதோடு 1944 இல் சிலோனின் சுதந்திரத்திற்கும் தளமிட்டது. பிப்ரவரி 4, 1948 இல், தன்னாட்சிக்குரித்துடைய அரசாங்கமாக இலங்கைக்கு சுதந்திரம் வழங்கப்பட்டது. 22 மே, 1972 வரையான அடுத்த 24 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிரித்தானிய பொதுநலவாயத்துடன் இந்த தன்னாட்சியின் நிலை நிலவியது. இதன்போது, இலங்கை குடியரசு என மறுபெயரிடப்பட்டது. கொலெட் 1946 இல் ‘Times of Ceylon’ ல் அரசியல் கார்ட்டூனிஸ்டாக இருந்தார். 1960 களின் முற்பகுதி வரை அவர் அப்பதவியிலிருந்தார். அவரது படைப்பிலுள்ள அரசியல் உள்ளடக்கம் காரணமாக இலங்கையை விட்டு வெளியேற வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் ஏற்பட்டது. 20 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டின் நடுப்பகுதியில், 1943 ஆம் ஆண்டில் நிறுவப்பட்ட இலங்கையின் முதல் நவீனத்துவ இணைவாகப் பரவலாக அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட நவீன கலைஞர்களின் தொகுப்பான ’43 குழுவின் ஸ்தாபக உறுப்பினர்களில் ஆப்ரி கோலெட்ம் ஒருவராவார்.

Gallery 1
ஆய்வு, நாடு, நிலம்

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)

3GPS 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)

11St 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)

14Tourist, Ahungalla (1991)

Stephen Champion (b. 1959)

15Spoken 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)

17 Corridors 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)

19Andare of Sri Lanka (1978)

Tilak Samarawickrema (b. 1943)

20Ceylon Since Soulbury Part I: A History in Cartoons by Collette (1948)

Aubrey Collette (1920–1992)

21Sinhala 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)

23Purification Ritual in the Manik Ganga, Kataragama, Ceylon (1957)

Reg van Cuylenburg (1926–1988)

24Hindu 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)

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Gallery 2
சுயம், தோற்றம், பார்வை

27 Me, Myself and I (2010)

Arjuna Gunarathne (b. 1976)

28 Masked JVP Supporter, Tangalle (1987)

Stephen Champion (b. 1959)

29Female 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)

36I 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)

38 Living 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)

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Gallery 3
நிலப்பார்வை/நிலப்பார்வைகள், எல்லை

45–59Nightscapes (1999)

Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)

60–62Nightscapes (1999)

Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)

63Nightscapes (1999)

Muhanned Cader (b. 1966)

64Ravana (1991)

Nillanthan (b.1965)

65 This Is Not a White Flag VII (2012)

Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)

66Thorns V (2011)

Chandraguptha Thenuwara (b. 1960)

67Rest (2012)

Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)

68 Journey I (2015)

G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)

69Journey II (2015)

G. Samvarthini (b. 1989)

70Fence VII (2018)

Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)

71Fence VIII (2018)

Nilani Joseph (b. 1990)

72–106Alai (1975 –1990)

Various authors

107 A 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)

109Yellow 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)

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Gallery 4
பறித்தல், நம்பிக்கை, வருத்தம்

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)

121 Broken 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)

136No 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)

142Tyre

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)

146New Dagoba, Near Mutur (2012)

Stephen Champion (b. 1959)

147Baby in Sari, Maskeliya (1989)

Stephen Champion (b. 1959)

148Cradle (2012)

Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972)

149Cabinet of Resistance No. 2 (2016)

T. Shanaathanan (b. 1969)

150Last Supper (1993)

A. Mark (1933–2000)

151Jesus (not dated)

Fareed Uduman (1917–1985)

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