Pivot Glide Echo exhibition at Lionel Wendt Art Centre explores Sri Lanka's experimental photography legacy
The "Pivot Glide Echo" exhibition, put together by KALĀ, is running at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre in Colombo from January 29 to February 25. It highlights the works of 19 artists from Sri Lanka and its diaspora, showcasing nearly a century of artistic development from the 1930s to the present. A key element of the exhibition is the influence of Lionel Wendt, a pioneering photographer, critic, curator, and pianist who established the modernist 43 Group in 1943. His photography studio and efforts to promote exhibitions throughout Sri Lanka add depth to his legacy as a national figure. Featured artists include 43 Group members like L.T.P. Manjusri and contemporary talents such as Anoli Perera, addressing issues like gender, ecology, and identity.
Key facts
- Pivot Glide Echo is a group exhibition at Lionel Wendt Art Centre in Colombo
- The exhibition runs from 29 January to 25 February
- It features 19 modern and contemporary artists from Sri Lanka and its diaspora
- The show uses Lionel Wendt's life and work as a conceptual framework
- Lionel Wendt founded the modernist 43 Group in 1943
- Wendt was a pioneering experimental photographer in early-20th-century Sri Lanka
- The exhibition includes works spanning from the 1930s to the present
- Themes addressed include gender, sexuality, ecology, and diaspora
Entities
Artists
- Lionel Wendt
- L.T.P. Manjusri
- Ivan Peries
- George Keyt
- George Claessen
- Anoli Perera
- Mahen Perera
- Rupaneethan Pakiyarajah
- Cassie Machado
- Muhanned Cader
- Shehan Karunatilaka
Institutions
- Lionel Wendt Art Centre
- KALĀ
- 43 Group
Locations
- Colombo
- Sri Lanka
- New Delhi
- India
- London
- United Kingdom
- Moscow
- Russia
- Paris
- France
- Galle
- Karachi
- Pakistan