Catalogue published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition under the same title in Vienna. The exhibition and the catalogue are the outcome of several years of intensive fieldwork and research into the art worlds of Sri Lanka and their historical, socio-political, economic, and cultural background. Based on repeated interviews with about 60 Sri Lankan artists, two video projects recording artistic activities, a substantial image data base, and extended conversations with gallerists, collectors, art teachers, and audiences, the exhibition offers insight into the great diversity of contemporary Sri Lankan art.

With list of artwork, artists' and contributors' biographies.

Access level

Onsite

publisher

ZKF Publishers (Altenstadt, Germany)

editor

Sylvia S. KASPRYCKI,

Doris I. STAMBRAU

Location code

EX.AUT.ARC

Language

English

Keyword

touring exhibition, group exhibition, modernism, art history, politics, artist group, gender, race

Publication/Creation date

2010

No of pages

190

ISBN / ISSN

9783981162028

No of copies

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Introduction - Sylvia S. KASPRYCKI, Doris I. STAMBRAU

ARTFUL RESISTANCE: Histories, Positions, Perspectives

An Overview of Modernisms in Sri Lankan Artof the Twentieth Century - Jagath WEERASINGHE

Politics of Showing, Seeing, and Remembering: Dynamics of Historiography in Contemporary Sri Lankan Visual Arts - Sasanka PERERA

Modern Art in Sri Lanka and Its Socio-political Environment - Sarath CHANDRAJEEWA

Visual Art in Jaffna: A Register from the Periphery - Thamotharampillai SHANAATHANAN

Women Artists in Sri Lanka: Are They the Carriers of the Women's Burden? - Anoli PERERA

A New Millennium: Beyond Postcolonial Identity - Sanjeewa KUMARA, Sujeewa KUMARI WEERASINGHE

ARTFUL RESISTANCE: The Exhibition

Artful Resistance: Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka - Sylvia S. KASPRYCKI, Doris I. STAMBRAU

ARTFUL RESISTANCE: Visual Art and Art Worlds

Future Artists? A Collection of Children's Art from Sri Lanka - Doris I. STAMBRAU

The Pixalized Comfort Zone - Asoka de ZOYSA

Artists as Art Managers: Theertha International Artists' Collective - Anoli PERERA, Godwin Roger CONSTANTINE

ARTFUL RESISTANCE: Art and Artists

Artists and Artworks in the Exhibition

Related event

venue	date
Museum of Art History, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria	2010
Museum of Ethnology, Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria	2010
Museum of World Cultures, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany	2010
Schaumainkai 37, Frankfurt, Germany	2010

Artist

Arjuna GUNARATHNA,

Aruna Withana ARACHCHI,

Asanka Ishan DAYAPALA,

Chaminda GAMAGE,

Dhanushka AMARASEKARA,

Wijelatha EDIRISINGHA

Organiser

Museum of Ethnology, Museum für Völkerkunde,

The Serendib Gallery

Artful Resistance: Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka

Citation

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Women in Art History