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ADEELA SULEMAN
(b. 1970)
Untitled
Signed and dated in Urdu (inner rim)
2008
Powder coated and enamel painted steel
cooking utensils and steel spoons, with
foam and cloth
Height: 31 in (78.7 cm)
Width: 19 in (48.3 cm)
Depth: 18 in (45.7 cm)
$ 4,000 ‒ 6,000
Rs 2,56,000 ‒ 3,84,000
EXHIBITED:
Asian Art Biennial 2013: Everyday Life
, Taiwan:
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 5
October 2013 ‒ 5 January 2014
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SENAKA SENANAYAKE
(b. 1951)
Untitled
Signed and dated '2007 Senaka
Senanayake' (lower right)
2007
Oil on canvas
47.5 x 58.75 in (120.4 x 149.5 cm)
$ 23,440 ‒ 28,125
Rs 15,00,000 ‒ 18,00,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai
“Senanayake’s paintings are gorgeously positive, his forests
wearing saturated runway colours, his birds right out of an
ancient fable. His style is often criticised as being purely aesthetic,
but it is by no means emotionally inert. In fact, his work is an
ironic reminder of the fading beauty of his world, a hope against
hope that whatever is left of nature can be conserved. It is
equal parts celebration, elegy and documentation of the fragile
rainforests of Sri Lanka.” (V Shoba, “Senaka Senanayake: Life Is
Beautiful,”
OPEN
, 15 July 2016, online)
Senanayake is considered a child prodigy, whose work was first
exhibited in Colombo when he was just a little boy, and he had
a solo show in New York at the age of ten. As a teenager, he held
exhibitions in Sri Lanka as well as Europe, the USA and Asia. He
later studied Art and Architecture at Yale, and after this formal
training in art, returned to Sri Lanka, where he continues to
paint the spiritual beauty of his native forests.
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