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Drawings on real life models Artist Sarath Premasinghe is focusing a critical eye at himself as an artist and the female model posing for him, in a vivid narration of situations through his work presently showing at Paradise Road Galleries, until the 23rd of April. by Prasad Abu Bakr
The artist has worked on his creations bringing forward a range of studies of the female body, intermingling it in a studio atmosphere maintaining the intense relationship of the artist-model twosome as deep seated in his mind. The first thing one would take notice of his work is his preoccupation in creating vivid tones by mixing or re-mixing his range of pigments. This has heightened the visual impact Premasinghe planned to create for his viewer. His ability to draw the human form with a sense of strength is understood as one goes through his work according to the artist, was mostly based on his life drawing sessions at the university. Premasinghe is a loner in his family of six when it comes to art. The choice of wanting to be an artist was his alone as he always had the ability to paint and interpret himself since his younger days. His parents never opposed his wishes [as most rural folks who has the tendency to go along-with their children for better or for worse]. Artist Prmasinghe had to spend more than the usual 4 years [which is not unusual] owing to the routine restlessness at our universities. It took a full six years before he secured his position as a Bachelor of Fine Arts specializing in Painting and Sculpture from the Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya.
Premasinghe is also the recipient of the first prize at the 111th Annual Art exhibition of the Ceylon Society of Arts in addition to the merit awards received at the State Art Festival of the Arts Council and Young Contemporaries exhibition organised by the George Keyt Foundation. All this during his student days while he was still struggling to secure a place in society as an artist which was looming large at the back of his mind. Today with his first one man exhibition he is featuring a collection based on a theme that overpowered his young, presenting it with much fanfare and clarity giving scope to capture the interest of his viewers through his work which holds much promise. |
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Sensuality takes a personal route down artist Sarath Premasinghe's wide
path of artistic vision which has led him to present at this exhibition a
collection based on his experiences during his university days when basing
one's life drawings on real life models.
During his days as an undergraduate Premasinghe had the opportunity of
participating in two regional workshops one at Dehiattakandiya Central
College in Ampara and the other at Parackramabahu College Polonnaruwa,
categorically organised by the Regional Departments of Education. He also
participated in the group exhibition for Young Contemporaries and the
Annual Artistes Exhibition both held at the National Art Gallery in 1998
and 1999 respectively.
