Artworks on record
Two artists, three venues, two cities, one publisher and two
galleries collaborate for the first time to launch two extraordinary new
art projects: The Incomplete Thombu by T. Shanaathanan and The Speech
Writer by Bani Abidi at the Barefoot Gallery, Saskia Fernando Gallery
and Jaffna Heritage Hotel from December 1 to 12.
 For the first time in Sri Lanka, one of Colombo’s most established
galleries will jointly host a unique art event with one of the city’s
newest up and coming galleries. Together they will play host to Raking
Leaves, a new breed of curatorial publisher to emerge on the
international arena. As part of the event’s interest in developing
audiences in both cities, The Jaffna Heritage Hotel will play host to
Raking Leaves for the launch of the organization’s new book projects in
Jaffna.
Saskia Fernando Gallery, which opened in 2009 and Barefoot Gallery
established in 1991 will come together to co-host a two-venue exhibition
event that will open to the public on December 2. The event begins on
the evening of the 1 December with an exhibition preview and book launch
taking place across both gallery spaces. People are invited to attend
both events through the course of the evening and to experience the
opportunity of seeing artworks, across a range of media, by T.
Shanaathanan and Bani Abidi that are being shown in Sri Lanka for the
first time.
BANI ABIDI was born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1971. She received her
BFA degree from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan in 1994
and an MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago, USA in 1999. She
lives and works in Delhi and is currently a recipient of the DAAD Berlin
Artists-in-Residence program.
Her first UK solo exhibition opened in at the Baltic Gallery of
Contemporary Art in Newcastle on November 11.
T SHANAATHANAN was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1969. He received his
BFA in 2000 and his MFA in 2011 from the University of Delhi. In 2011 he
completed his PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
He lives and works in Jaffna and is currently senior lecturer in Art
History in the Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna. Solo
exhibitions of his work have been held at Paradise Road Gallery in
2001and 2006 and at the Heritage Art Gallery in 1998.
Recent group exhibitions include Non-Aligned, Barefoot Gallery,
Colombo in 2011, Border Zones, New Art Across Cultures. Museum of
Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada in 2010 and The One year Drawing
Project, Devi Foundation, India and Asia Pacific Triennale, Queensland
Art Gallery, Australia in 2010.
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