
Colombo
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Colombo
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‘නොපෙරලෙන පිටු / Noperalena Pitu’ b
‘නොපෙරලෙන පිටු / Noperalena Pitu’ b
In ‘නොපෙරලෙන පිටු / Noperalena Pitu’ (Pages that Never Turn), Kingsley Gunatillake reconceives the book as a wounded form. Scorched, cut, and interrupted, its surfaces bear the sediment of histories that resist erasure. The altered pages suggest not a single event, but the universal fragility of memory itself, how knowledge, once marked or damaged, cannot simply be restored to innocence. Refusing closure, these suspended leaves deny the gesture of turning; they hold the viewer in a space of pause, where remembrance becomes an ethical act. Gunatillake’s practice has been presented internationally at major platforms including Frieze Seoul, KALĀ, Colombo, India Art Fair, New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, Blueprint.12 Gallery, New Delhi, University College Dublin, and Siacca Gallery, Tokyo. His works are held in significant public and private collections, among them the Presidential Collection of Contemporary Art, Colombo, and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi. Opening Preview: 12.03.26, 6 PM
In ‘නොපෙරලෙන පිටු / Noperalena Pitu’ (Pages that Never Turn), Kingsley Gunatillake reconceives the book as a wounded form. Scorched, cut, and interrupted, its surfaces bear the sediment of histories that resist erasure. The altered pages suggest not a single event, but the universal fragility of memory itself, how knowledge, once marked or damaged, cannot simply be restored to innocence. Refusing closure, these suspended leaves deny the gesture of turning; they hold the viewer in a space of pause, where remembrance becomes an ethical act. Gunatillake’s practice has been presented internationally at major platforms including Frieze Seoul, KALĀ, Colombo, India Art Fair, New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, Blueprint.12 Gallery, New Delhi, University College Dublin, and Siacca Gallery, Tokyo. His works are held in significant public and private collections, among them the Presidential Collection of Contemporary Art, Colombo, and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi. Opening Preview: 12.03.26, 6 PM
DATE
DATE
Fri, 13 Mar
Fri, 13 Mar
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Fri, 3 Apr
Fri, 3 Apr
TIME
TIME
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
BOOKING & PRICE
BOOKING & PRICE
This is a free event
This is a free event
ORGANISER
ORGANISER
Saskia Fernando Gallery
Saskia Fernando Gallery
VENUE
VENUE
Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo
Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo
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