3RD COLOMBO ART BIENNALE 2014
31 Jan - 09 Feb 2014
3RD COLOMBO ART BIENNALE 2014
Making History
31 January - 9 February 2014
Curators: Amit Kumar Jain, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Neil Butler, Ruhanie Perera
Artists:
Andrew Jay Weir and Christto Sanz, Anoli Perera, Antony Haughey, Bandu Manamperi, Banoo Batliboi, Chinthaka Thenuwara, Dhanushka Marasinghe, Deng yifu, Zweintopf, Fireflies, Gihan Karunaratne, Hannah Brackston, Hojat Amani, Jagath Weerasinghe, Janananda Laksiri, Jo Hodges and Robbie Coleman, Khalifa Al-Obaidly, Kingsley Gunatillake, Kit Mead, Lakisha Fernando, Layla Gonaduwa, Lindsay Sekulowicz, Liz Fernando, Mahbubur Rahman, Mahen Walter Perera, Manori Jayasinghe, Malaka Dewapriya, Mark Vernon, Nina Mangalanayagam, P413, Olivier Grossetete, Pala Pothupitiye, Poornima Jayasinghe, Pradeep Chandrasiri, Prajjwal Choudhary, Pushpakumara Koralegadara, Radhika Hettiarachchi & Shanika Perera, Rakhi Peswani, Reginald Aloysius, Rosemarie Trockel, Sachini Perera & Natalie Soysa, Sharni Jayawardena, Jesper Nordahl, Sunil Sigdel, Susantha Mandal, T.V Santosh, Thor McIntyre-Burnie, Pietro Ruffo, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Tristan Al-Haddad, Layout 2050
The Colombo Art Biennale, is delighted to announce the 3rd edition of Sri Lanka’s leading international festival of contemporary art with ‘Making History’.
‘Making History’ is a provocation exploring the artistic adventure of making history. It enquires into the contemporary aesthetic experience, from historical, present and future points of view, to reveal a possible reality of making history as part of an art historical trajectory.
Anoli Perera says “History is inescapable. As human beings, our bodies are inscribed with connotations that in many ways defy temporality, and in our modernity, refers to parallel representations of cultures, events, moments and emotions. Our bodies are historically marked, while emotionally ‘present’ with a desire to invent the future.
Do we make history or does history makes us what we are today? This is a question often asked, and an answer to this could take us on a deep and nuanced exploration of the implications of history on the human being as well as the human condition.”
Artists for CAB 2014 include many of Sri Lanka’s most recognized established and emerging artists, as well as artists from China, USA, Britain, Italy, Austria, Scotland, France, Sweden, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Qatar and Iran, all of whom will be presenting works working towards the this year’s theme ‘Making History’.
Making History
31 January - 9 February 2014
Curators: Amit Kumar Jain, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Neil Butler, Ruhanie Perera
Artists:
Andrew Jay Weir and Christto Sanz, Anoli Perera, Antony Haughey, Bandu Manamperi, Banoo Batliboi, Chinthaka Thenuwara, Dhanushka Marasinghe, Deng yifu, Zweintopf, Fireflies, Gihan Karunaratne, Hannah Brackston, Hojat Amani, Jagath Weerasinghe, Janananda Laksiri, Jo Hodges and Robbie Coleman, Khalifa Al-Obaidly, Kingsley Gunatillake, Kit Mead, Lakisha Fernando, Layla Gonaduwa, Lindsay Sekulowicz, Liz Fernando, Mahbubur Rahman, Mahen Walter Perera, Manori Jayasinghe, Malaka Dewapriya, Mark Vernon, Nina Mangalanayagam, P413, Olivier Grossetete, Pala Pothupitiye, Poornima Jayasinghe, Pradeep Chandrasiri, Prajjwal Choudhary, Pushpakumara Koralegadara, Radhika Hettiarachchi & Shanika Perera, Rakhi Peswani, Reginald Aloysius, Rosemarie Trockel, Sachini Perera & Natalie Soysa, Sharni Jayawardena, Jesper Nordahl, Sunil Sigdel, Susantha Mandal, T.V Santosh, Thor McIntyre-Burnie, Pietro Ruffo, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Tristan Al-Haddad, Layout 2050
The Colombo Art Biennale, is delighted to announce the 3rd edition of Sri Lanka’s leading international festival of contemporary art with ‘Making History’.
‘Making History’ is a provocation exploring the artistic adventure of making history. It enquires into the contemporary aesthetic experience, from historical, present and future points of view, to reveal a possible reality of making history as part of an art historical trajectory.
Anoli Perera says “History is inescapable. As human beings, our bodies are inscribed with connotations that in many ways defy temporality, and in our modernity, refers to parallel representations of cultures, events, moments and emotions. Our bodies are historically marked, while emotionally ‘present’ with a desire to invent the future.
Do we make history or does history makes us what we are today? This is a question often asked, and an answer to this could take us on a deep and nuanced exploration of the implications of history on the human being as well as the human condition.”
Artists for CAB 2014 include many of Sri Lanka’s most recognized established and emerging artists, as well as artists from China, USA, Britain, Italy, Austria, Scotland, France, Sweden, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Qatar and Iran, all of whom will be presenting works working towards the this year’s theme ‘Making History’.