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Chandraguptha Thenuwara Sri Lankan , b. 1960
Barrelism: Remains, 2023Welded Iron Rods89 x 58 cm (x3)
35 x 22 7/8 in (x3)Thenuwara revisits his iconic camouflaged barrels in 'Barrelism: Remains'. Barrelism was the artist’s response to the heightened militarization of public spaces across the country during the turbulent era of insurgency...Thenuwara revisits his iconic camouflaged barrels in "Barrelism: Remains". Barrelism was the artist’s response to the heightened militarization of public spaces across the country during the turbulent era of insurgency and multiple conflicts in the 1980s and 90s. Thenuwara's Barrelism: Remains remarks on the atmosphere of heightened militarism, religious extremism, Sinhala chauvinism, and nationalism that persists despite the cessation of the civil war.
