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Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Landscape I, 2016

Chandraguptha Thenuwara Sri Lankan , b. 1960

Landscape I, 2016
Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 50 cm
15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
View on a Wall
The work is a painting of the landscape from the artist’s backyard - the water bodies having become associated with dead bodies during the war. Thenuwara's Glitch series delves into...
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The work is a painting of the landscape from the artist’s backyard - the water bodies having become associated with dead bodies during the war.

Thenuwara's Glitch series delves into the shortcomings of democratically elected systems. The artist compares the persistence of social and political issues despite the change in governments to the distortions on the television screen when the voltage fluctuates or issues arise. The corrupted images are thus likened to the maladministration. Drawing on the colour white as a metaphor for peace, the artist comments on the need for the need for remedial action and reconciliation by the government to bring about an era of peace in the country.

The series laments the absence of political will and accountability, urging citizens to exercise their rights to demand action on socioeconomic issues and to actively pursue measures for reconciliation.

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