Being Human

Christopher Kulendran Thomas · 2019

This is Being Human, by Christopher Kulendran Thomas — video projected onto glass, shown with paintings and sculptures the artist bought from a gallery in Colombo and installed inside his own work. The nesting is deliberate: it is a piece about Sri Lanka, authorship, and who gets to speak for a place.

Medium High-definition video (color, sound; 24 min.) projected on glass, with three paintings and three sculptures: "Untitled II," "Untitled V," and "Untitled VI" (2018) by Upali Ananda, and "Untitled II" and "Untitled V" (2018) by Kingsley Gunatillake (all purchased by the artist from Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo); and "Untitled X" after Kingsley Gunatillake (2019) by Christopher Kulendran Thomas Collaborating Artist: Annika Kuhlmann · Dimensions Dimensions and duration variable · Credit Acquired through the generosity of Charles Asprey and Markus Hannebauer

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Untitled (International Surrealist Exhibition, Paris), The Piano Lesson, Empire, The Red Studio, Measurement Room, Shrine (White)