Rekha: Tilak Samarawickrema
Current exhibition
Overview
PRSFG is pleased to announce an exhibition of Tilak Samarawickrema at 138 Galle Road, Colombo 03. Rekha will bring together Samarawickrema’s tapestries, line drawings, etchings, animated film and sculptural work created between 1970 - 2025, celebrating the depth and breadth of his multi-disciplinary practice. Samarawickrema displays a polymathic persuasion,combining geometry, color, and form to seamlessly blend folk and traditional art with contemporary sensibilities.
Samarawickrema’s illustrious international career included exhibitions at Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi (2011), Norsk Form (The Architecture and Design Museum), Oslo, (1998), Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld (1995), Galerie Smend, Cologne (1994), Design Centre, Brussels (1994), SHED Design Gallery, Milan (1992) and Rizzoli Gallery, New York (1979) and the 12th São Paulo Biennale (1973). The artist’s design contributions extend to the textile sector, having revitalized Sri Lankan crafts with his work at the National Design Center of Sri Lanka and collaboration with traditional weavers in Talagune, Uda Dumbara.
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