
Chandraguptha Thenuwara Sri Lankan , b. 1960
15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
The blinds running through the entire series of works in this exhibition are not mere screens, partially obscuring the “real”. They are part of that reality, part of its narrative. They ask us to look closely and from afar. They remind us that our perceptions are tied to our own position in time and space. Gold Square optically vibrates through a range in values of the blues, greens and browns comprising its alternating striations. In this work, we do not know which layer conceals which.
BLINDS: Line No 1 borrows visual motifs and recurrent themes from his previous series Glitch and Glitch+. When a glitch flickers on a television screen, a momentary white light lingers at its center. This white line symbolises a physical reality, amid the yellows, greens and blacks of the camouflage print the white stands out in its tranquility.