Human body in a different frame
View(s):Artist Pramith Geekiyanage whose latest exhibition opened this week at the Paradise Road Galleries completed his university degree at the University of Visual and Performing Arts in 2008.
Geekiyanage’s early work focused entirely on figurative drawings on canvas of the male torso. The muscular lines of the naked back often in brown and grey hues became the artist’s signature for a couple of years until he completely abolished his figurative work and began painting abstract linear works on canvas. After one year of working on this series Geekiyanage merged his two distinctive styles and began working on the most powerful of his series of works to-date. These works feature skilfully depicted portraiture, figurative sketches and various features of the human body amidst imagery from Sri Lankan tradition, Buddhist mythology and the abstract imagery the artist worked on previously.
The Pramith Geekiyanage Exhibition will be on until May 16 at Paradise Road Galleries, The Gallery Café, 2 Alfred House Road, Colombo 3-open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight.
