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Quest: a multi-media tour de force by
artist Anoman Wijewardene
[Thursday,
June 1, 2006 - 11.30 GMT]
With her current
exhibition, Quest, Sri Lankan artist Anoma Wijewardene provides a
multi-media tour de force. The exhibition combines digital art with
provocative words, music, performance and video installation. Quest offers
“a glimpse of what is possible if we work toward peace and healing."
Quest will be
exhibited for a short time only at The National Art Gallery, Friday 2nd
- Sunday 4 June, 2006 from 10-6pm. Admission will be free.
Quest, which has been three years in the making, is the
internationally recognized artist's first exhibition of Digital Art. The
installation stems from Anoma's travels throughout Sri Lanka, from
Jaffna to Matara to Colombo, and depicts the struggles of ordinary Sri
Lankans in the face of both natural and man-made disasters. Some of the
images have barely been altered. Others are layered, fused, blurred,
and sharpened. Quotes from philosophers, politicians, authors and
ordinary citizens create a dialogue with the images. The quotes are in
all three languages. Within an adjoining space, a multi screen video
installation incorporating performance art is on continuous display.
"This collection embraces the medium of Digital Art and Video
Installation and incorporates elements of images, colours, words, sounds
and movement." Anoma says. "Digital photographs are deconstructed,
layered, and manipulated. They range from stark reality to the surreal.
Some images of devastation are transformed into images of harmony - a
glimpse of the possible."
At a time of declining hopes, Anoma offers a call for reconciliation
that is both poetic and accessible. Together the words and images form
an invitation to action, for each of us to take responsibility for our
part in beginning the process of healing. While this project began with
the Ceasefire Agreement of 2002, its message now feels woefully urgent.
Quest, by Anoma Wijewardene, is sponsored by Deutsche Bank, The
American Center, Brandix, Flict(Facilitating Local initiatives for
Conflict Transformation), and the Asia Foundation.
Artist Biography:
Anoma Wijewardene has exhibited in Singapore, London, Kuala Lumpur and
Brisbane,as well as in Colombo. Her solo shows in New Delhi and Sydney
have garnered glowing reviews, and many of her works are in private
collections throughout the world. Anoma is a graduate of the renowned
Central St Martins College of Art London.
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