Await ARTRA Magazine Feb/Mar E10. Purchase a copy at Barefoot, Odel, Sarasavi Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd, Vijitha Yapa Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd. The Sandwich Factory Col 7, Yamaha Music Centre - Col 7, Cannon Col 3, Milk & Honey Cafe, Col 7 www.books.lk. For subscriptions call +94775997279 The post Colombo Art Biennale 2014: Making History | ARTRA – The Official Art Magazine appeared first on ARTRA | The Platform for Artistic Expression. ...
Kumar who describes himself as “an incurable francophone cum francophile” has had a long association with France, for more than a quarter of a century. He made his debut on the little screen with the legendary, French television programme “Bonsoir” on ITN in 1986 with which he rapidly became a household name. For more read page 42 ARTRA Magazine Dec ...
Bandu Manamperi Bandu Manamperi is a trained archaeologist and conservator who also holds a BFA in Sculpture. A core member of Colombo’s Theertha Artists’ Collective, Bandu was one of the first performance artists in Sri Lanka, creating highly personal art experiences based on the transformation of his own body, but he doesn’t limit himself to any one genre and his ...
Hidden away in Ratmalana, I didn’t know what to expect at the Stein Studios, late on a Sunday evening. Boy, was I taken aback by the lights, glitter, gowns and suits upon walking in. It really was the local equivalent of the Grammys! For more read page 40 – 41 ARTRA Magazine Dec / Jan E9. Purchase a copy at Barefoot, Odel, Sarasavi ...
HASH BANDARA AND UMANGA SAMARASINGHE Graduate of Graphic and Fashion designing, Hash and Umanga’s ‘Passion’ is to create a skateboarding culture in Sri Lanka through art. Serious skaters themselves, this dynamic duo believe that skating is a positive distraction that produces a therapeutic effect especially for kids. Taking a significant step to fulfill their dream is their establishment – PUSH skateboards: ...
SHANTAN KUMARASAMY Shantan has always had a fascination for the visual arts. As an eager kid, his dream was to become a painter. While his interests remain loyal, he discovered his ‘Passion’ for photography at the age of 17 when a friend lent him an old camera. Since then he’s been gambling as a photojournalist and Fine Art photographer. PRASAD ...
Nina Mangalanayagam Nina Mangalanayagam is a Swedish visual artist based in London. She has a Danish mother and Tamil father, and uses her personal experience and family background to explore the fluidity and unfixed nature of identities, how the interplay of influence among identity, family, society, and environments. Through her practice she explores the experience of being “in-between” cultures and ...
Liz Fernando Liz Fernando is a graduate from the prestigious LCC BA Photography programme at the University of Arts, London. Fernando’s work mostly finds its roots in conceptual research. Her own biography, research into the role of photography in South Asia and the resulting work highlights the different meanings that photography, identity, history and the notion of memory occupy within non-western cultures. For more ...
Hannah Brackston Having grown up moving between Leeds and rural Oxfordshire, Hannah Brackston spent a year working with community educational/development projects in Southern India before studying environmental art at the Glasgow School of Art. For more read ARTRA Magazine Dec / Jan E9. Purchase a copy at Barefoot, Odel, Sarasavi Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd, Vijitha Yapa Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd. The Sandwich Factory Col 7, Yamaha Music Centre - Col ...
MAYANTHA PERERA Hailing from Kalalgoda, Mayantha was born in to a family with a background in arts. Mayantha does not limit himself to one medium, while he dabbles with many his true skill lies in Water colours. He recreates everyday life as well as nature and gives life to otherwise ordinary situations. PATHMAL YAHAMPATH Pathmal is a popular metal installation artist who ...
Christto & Andrew are a collaborative duo of visual artists who currently live and work in Doha, Qatar. Christto Sanz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he received a BA from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas before completing a Master’s in Visual Communication from Elisava, Barcelona Spain. Andrew Weir was born in Johannesburg South Africa; he is currently ...
In this fast paced world the adage that applies is ‘job security’. the legitimacy in this statement is anything but untrue, a steady wage is vital. But there are those despite this conventional candour who pursue their dreams, their obsessions and their soul relentlessly. Revering this daring almost reckless pursuit is the Rotaract Club of Cinnamon Gardens. “Passion” is an ...
In December 2013, myself representing Hempel Galleries together with Sarah Pringle of Visual Arts Projects, will bring to Hong Kong an exhibition by Sri Lankan artists Pala Pothupitiye & Anoli Perera titled ‘Cartographed Lands’. The exhibition will be on show at the CAP Project Space 2/F 126 Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan from December 10th to 16th and is one ...
Anoli Perera is a co-founder and a director of the Theertha International Artists Collective, a progressive art initiative based in Colombo which maintains the experimental art space Red Dot Gallery. She is on the Artistic Advisory Committee of the Colombo Art Biennale and a peer panel member of the Arts Network Asia (Singapore). She currently lives and works in New ...
The second edition of the Dhaka Art Summit (7 – 9 February 2014) is set to unveil a series of commissions by major Bangladeshi and South Asian artists including Runa Islam, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Mahbubur Rehman, Naeem Mohaimen, Jitish Kallat, Shahzia Sikander, Shilpa Gupta, Rashid Rana, Mithu Sen and Lida Abdul. For more read page 30 – 31 ARTRA Magazine ...
Through both their knowledge of local and global arts trends and their insights into corporate needs, the British Council has helped facilitate a new creative industry in Sri Lanka – that which allows artists an opportunity into the corporate system while in turn, providing creative business solutions for corporate-public engagement. For more read page 27 on ARTRA Magazine Dec / ...
The Secret Pilgrim by Jo Hodges For more read page 24 –25 ARTRA Magazine Dec / Jan E9. Purchase a copy at Barefoot,Odel, Sarasavi Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd,Vijitha Yapa Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd. The Sandwich Factory Col 7, Yamaha Music Centre - Col 7, Cannon Col 3, Milk & Honey Cafe, Col 7 www.books.lk. For subscriptions call +94775997279 The post Colombo Art Biennale 2014 – Artists | ARTRA – The Official ...
Kolkata-born artists Susanta Mandal originally trained as a painter, but since then has branched out into more conceptual installation-based work. Mandal’s recent art practice explores the concept of energy. His mixed-media installations, which often utilize spotlights and kinetic mechanisms, seem playful but are actually uncanny and ultimately disconcerting constructions. The rapid growth of imbalance in modern urban life does not ...
For more have a look at page 19 ARTRA Magazine Dec / Jan E9. Purchase a copy at Barefoot, Odel, Sarasavi Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd,Vijitha Yapa Bookshops (Pvt) Ltd. The Sandwich Factory Col 7, Yamaha Music Centre – Col 7, Cannon Col 3, Milk & Honey Cafe, Col 7 www.books.lk. For subscriptions call +94772305054 The post Works of Art by ...
The German Embassy celebrates 60 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Sri Lanka with a concert of classical music. The Chamber Music Society of Colombo along with the Goethe-Institute presents two trumpet concertos, including the very popular concerto by Haydn. Young award winning German trumpeter Sebastian Leibing will be the featured soloist. Composed in 1796 for the virtuoso ...
