Two artists from the emerging South Asian art region bring cities together in one rare showing of drawings.

Chandraguptha Thenuwara and Jagath Weerasinghe are established artists in Sri Lanka, yet their work, and Sri Lankan art in general, is rarely seen outside of South Asia. “DRAWINGS”, a double exhibition of the two artists’ recent work held in Columbo and London, takes a step toward rectifying this.

Chandraguptha Thenuwara, 2011, ‘Dragon Heads’, ink on paper, 21 cm x 29 cm. Image courtesy Breese Little Gallery.

 

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