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Opening of Tissa Ranasinghe New Bronzes Exhibition by Judge Weeramantry By Karel Roberts Ratnaweera Judge Christy Weeramantry, a former President of the International Court of Justice in the Hague, opening the exhibition of New Bronzes by one of Sri Lanka's foremost sculptors, Tissa Ranasinghe at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery on Thursday evening, said that judges of the International Court of Justice always remember Sri Lanka in the context of peace because of a sculpture by Ranasinghe which he had gifted to the Court. The sculpture depicts the historic settling of a dispute between two warring factions by the Buddha who is said to have come to ancient Lanka where he brought the war to an end. The two disputants broke their lances and laid them at the feet of the Buddha in a symbolic gesture denoting that they had made peace between each other, Judge Weeramantry said. He said that the sculpture stands directly outside the chamber where judges of the International Court settle world disputes. He said that the work of art is placed in such a position that the morning sun shines directly on the Buddha's face giving it a special glow. He said that every morning the judges see the sculpture on their way to the chamber to conduct the day's business. Mr. Weeramantry opened the exhibition by lighting the wick in a simple clay oil lamp placed on the sculpture of the God Visvakarma which is the centrepiece of the exhibition. The riveting, lifesize sculpture of the legendary God-ancestor of all blacksmiths, gold and silversmiths,architects and painters is the main attraction at the exhibition which is open to the public till Thursday the 21st. Several well-known artists and art connoisseurs gathered round the sculpture, said that it was a unique work depicting the timelessness of the legendary God Visvakarma; one of his ten hands set against the back of the body, holds a camera sculptured out of bronze. |
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