Chandraguptha Thenuwara Sri Lankan , b. 1960
Mother and Child I, 2022
Ink on Paper
30 x 21 cm
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
The work is an optimistic interpretation of the aftermath of war, depicting hope for peace and stability through the mother and child. The Mother and Child has been a recurrent...
The work is an optimistic interpretation of the aftermath of war, depicting hope for peace and stability through the mother and child.
The Mother and Child has been a recurrent theme in Chandraguptha Thenuwara's four-decade-long practice. Borrowing its inspiration from Byzantine iconography of the precious bond shared between a mother and child, the partly autobiographical work reflects on the anguish caused by war on the innocent victims of war.