Atmosphere | At/Most/Fear: Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Since 1997, I have held annual exhibitions on  23^rd of July to mark the ‘un-commemorative’ pogrom against the Tamil people of July 1983.  My exhibition each year also focuses on contemporary political issues.  Most of my works relates to 'ísms' that I introduced as Barrelism (1997-2006), Neo Barrelism (2007-2009), and Post-Barrelism (2009). While the ethnic war ended in 2009, I find it difficult to contend that the country has moved to a period of post-Barrelism since there are many unresolved issues stemming from the long years of protracted conflict and continuing to manifest in day to day political, social and cultural practice.