
Hashan Cooray Sri Lanka , b. 1987
Printed Baricade, 2024
Stencilled Tape and Iron Structure
Copyright The Artist
Featuring sixty metres of chronologically arranged newspaper headlines, the installation ‘Printed Barricade’ invites the viewer to contemplate, power, politics and free will. Inspired by the aftermath of the Aragalaya, the...
Featuring sixty metres of chronologically arranged newspaper headlines, the installation ‘Printed Barricade’ invites the viewer to contemplate, power, politics and free will. Inspired by the aftermath of the Aragalaya, the artist examines the citizen’s right to express dissent in authoritarian regimes, as he explores the complex relationship between an individual and the sociopolitical systems within which they exist - stirring a conversation on the inherent struggles of the human condition and its psychosis.
Join our mailing list
* denotes required fields
We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.