Aicon Contemporary is proud to present, Islanded, curated by Priyantha Udagedara, a group exhibition featuring six artists from Sri Lanka – Channa Ekanayake, Chamila Gamage, Subadrage Nuwan Nalaka, Dominic Sansoni, Pradeep Thalawatta and Iromie Wijewardena.

As South Asian art continues to gain prominence and visibility in the global scene and market, it is important to delve deeper into the categorization of art objects/ artists as South Asian itself.

While a helpful regional and cultural categorization, it also has the capacity to homogenize the individual identities of each country and its art.

Islanded highlights art from Sri Lanka and focuses on the region’s history, present and future by bringing its contemporary art world to global focus.

The artists in this show bring forth Sri Lankan identity within a contemporary context and its connection to human experience and society.

Through abstracting the rich natural backdrop of the island, using figuration to subvert gendered representation and documentation of indigenous and foreign communities, the show brings together diverse and varied art practices from the region.

The curatorial vision of the show aims to visually connect a land and its people - tracing stories between the natural/ architectural backdrops and their inhabitants.