Chandraguptha Thenuwara Sri Lankan , b. 1960
BLINDS: This Is Not A Pollock, 2021
Mixed Media on Aluminium
92 x 153 cm
36 1/4 x 60 1/4 in
36 1/4 x 60 1/4 in
Drawing from Rene Magritte’s Cest ci n’est pas une pipe Thenuwara humorously invites the viewer to question perception in This is Not a Pollock. Through metaphors of blinds that partially...
Drawing from Rene Magritte’s Cest ci n’est pas une pipe Thenuwara humorously invites the viewer to question perception in This is Not a Pollock. Through metaphors of blinds that partially obscure the view and the insistence that the painting isn’t merely an expressionistic work, the artist probes the viewer to read between the lines and question their sociopolitical truths.