A man playing a drum in front of a group of people

Colombo

Exhibition

Free Entry
For All
A man playing a drum in front of a group of people

Colombo

Exhibition

Free Entry
For All

‘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