Mandalika Manjusri exhibition
March 3, 2013, Sunday
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SRI Lanka is renowned for its exotic colors and vibrant sunlight, and some of this is captured in a solo exhibition of work by artist Mandalika Manjusri, organized by the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Shanghai and Levant Art Gallery.
The daughter of Dr L.T.P Manjusri - one of Sri Lanka's foremost artists of the 20th century, who pioneered recording and reproducing Sri Lankan paintings from the 2nd to 18th century - Mandalika Manjusri carries on her father's tradition of scholarship, restoration and the creation of contemporary Buddhist art.
The exhibition features 12 works - five line drawing reproductions of Dodanduwa Temple in the 17th century and seven original pieces. In Manjusri's landscapes, people, trees and house become symbols with a distinct mythology. Objects and images are absorbed through minimalization, while imparting a feeling of tranquility and gentleness. The results are unique to Sri Lanka avant-garde paintings.
The artist has also been involved in many UNESCO world heritage cultural sites in Sri Lanka as an archaeologist. Between 1982 to 1987, she helped document and preserve cave paintings of the Dumbulla cave complex.
Manjusri now lives in New York, and has shown work at Columbia University, Yale University and the United Nations.
Date: Through March 4, 10am-5pm
Venue: Levant Art
Tel: 5213-5366
Address: 4/F, Bldg 20, 28 Yuyao Rd
余姚路28号20号楼4楼
The daughter of Dr L.T.P Manjusri - one of Sri Lanka's foremost artists of the 20th century, who pioneered recording and reproducing Sri Lankan paintings from the 2nd to 18th century - Mandalika Manjusri carries on her father's tradition of scholarship, restoration and the creation of contemporary Buddhist art.
The exhibition features 12 works - five line drawing reproductions of Dodanduwa Temple in the 17th century and seven original pieces. In Manjusri's landscapes, people, trees and house become symbols with a distinct mythology. Objects and images are absorbed through minimalization, while imparting a feeling of tranquility and gentleness. The results are unique to Sri Lanka avant-garde paintings.
The artist has also been involved in many UNESCO world heritage cultural sites in Sri Lanka as an archaeologist. Between 1982 to 1987, she helped document and preserve cave paintings of the Dumbulla cave complex.
Manjusri now lives in New York, and has shown work at Columbia University, Yale University and the United Nations.
Date: Through March 4, 10am-5pm
Venue: Levant Art
Tel: 5213-5366
Address: 4/F, Bldg 20, 28 Yuyao Rd
余姚路28号20号楼4楼
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