An exhibition by Jagath Weerasinghe – 21 May-11 July
By Dimithri Wijesinghe “The work or the series of works that I try to do here during my residency is about how borders, taking the concept in its widest sense, make the idea of ‘self’ to disintegrate, to fragment, and to frustrate. But as we know, ‘self’ doesn’t really disintegrate or fragments as such. In other words, what I try to capture is the tyranny of the frustrating processes that borders engender,” says Jagath Weerasinghe. Saskia Fernando Gallery will be presenting “April Works: Backpacks, Bombs & Borders” by Jagath Weerasinghe from 21 May to 11 July. Speaking to Saskia, she shared this series, created in April 2019, will showcase Weerasinghe responding to the Easter attacks that occurred in the same month in Sri Lanka.