Semage's 'Damsels' know no sorrowART: Internationally renowned painter Kalasoori Jayasiri Semage will hold an exhibition of his latest paintings at the Semage Art Gallery, No. 3, Liliyan Avenue, Mt. Lavinia from August 23 - 31. The exhibition will be open daily from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
When the Maestro Kalasoori Jayasiri Semage holds an exhibition of his paintings, he is certain to reminisce on his first exhibition held about 50 years ago as a schoolboy. Since then his paintings have graced the walls of 30 other galleries, several of them overseas. A few of his works may be seen on permanent display in the Buddhist Viharas of Malaysia, Singapore, Penang and Sri Lanka and the UN Headquarters in Geneva - the first and only exhibition by an Sri Lankan there. "Jayasiri Semage's contribution to the identity of Sri Lankan painting" emphasises Prof. Chandima Wijebandara has already assumed legendary heights. No one has yet surpassed him in representing feminine beauty in line and colour.
His 'Damsels' carry their own identity and are well recognisable as Semage's beauties. Semage's 'Damsels' know no sorrow nor unhappiness. They are a bunch of happy, sexy and almost divine beauties. They symbolise a positive, creative and aesthetic philosophy of life. Does this mean that Semage is all mundane and a naughty artist who neglects all supra-mundane ideologies. Not at all. He is perfectly competent in depicting spiritual themes and almost Zen where he switches over to higher areas in Buddhist culture. |
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