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Arts Frontiers lost
The exhibits contain colour and monochrome photographs recorded in the North and the East during 1963 and 1983 and several others taken up to 1994. Keerthi Sri Perera, who made his first photograph with a box camera in 1950, gained wide knowledge and experience in photography by 1958, which enabled him to step into wider horizons in cinematography, by becoming an apprentice cinematographer in the Government Film Unit.
His reportage in colour and monochrome of Mahaweli and the changing life pattern of the people of the Mahaweli Basin is very extensive and detailed. Out of thousands of negatives and diapositives in colour and black/white, recorded during the period 1963 through 1983 in the North and East, 182 photographs (138 in monochrome and 44 in colour) are displayed in the exhibition 'Frontiers lost' and the book gives commentaries with historical, geographical and/or cultural information in two languages. The photographs displayed in this exhibition were taken by Keerthi Sri during his travels in the North and East, some of them in remote villages where he has gone on duty. There was peace among the people those days and they lived in peace with the people of the South. Keerthi Sri, through his exhibition asks why the people cannot maintain peace now. The Sinhalese, the Tamils, the Muslims and other races should answer that question. Both the exhibition and the book are sponsored by Ceylinco Consolidated. The world through their eye The British School in Colombo will present its annual art exhibition, at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallary from May 27 to 31. The event is the first independent art exhibition, by the junior school. The world, as seen by a child, is often a very different place as to how the adults view it. The theme of this exhibition is 'The world through our eyes' and the children have been encouraged to express what they see in a variety of art forms, using different media. The children were provided with a range of activities to liven and stimulate their senses. This ranged from a city tour on a double-decker bus to observations of elephants at Pinnawela...from visiting a pottery village, to a trip to a large supermarket...and much more! The children were encouraged to take inspiration from every aspect of the world around them-natural, religious and man-made. In response to this variety of stimuli, they have produced a wide range of work in media such as glass painting, sculpture and pen, to name just three. A preview of the exhibition will be held on May 26 following which the exhibition will be open to the public from May 27 to the 31 from 8.30 am to 7.30 pm. Faces of Lanka Per Jansson, a Swedish photographer expressed the thought that one of the most striking things during his journey across Sri Lanka was the positive energy he found in all young people. He has captured on camera this energy among forty young Sri Lankans which will be presented at his exhibition 'Young Faces of Sri Lanka - a Rich Flora of Asphalt' at the Lionel Wendt, Harold Pieris Gallery from May 27 to 29. The formal opening of this unusual exhibition on May 27 at 5.00 p.m. will be attended by the Swedish Charge d'Affaires Ann Marie Fallenius. Per Jansson will be exhibiting 80 portraits in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The portraits reveal the richness of young people in Sri Lanka, despite all their hardships. |
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Keerthi Sri Perera, former cinematographer, film director and video
producer will present his second one-man photographic exhibition titled
'Frontiers lost' at the Colombo Art Gallery on May 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2005.
A book titled 'Frontiers lost' containing the photographs with commentaries
in Sinhala and English will also be released at the opening ceremony of the
exhibition. 
Even though he elevated himself to cinematography and videography, he has
not forgotten his first love - still photography. He subscribed to a variety
of publications, specially to Isura, a publication of the Mahaweli Centre.
