The MMCA Sri Lanka Opens Rotation 3 of 'Total Landscaping '

 Press Event 14th March 2025 @ 6.00pm at the Ground floor of Crescat Boulevard , Colombo 03 , Sri Lanka .
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The MMCA Sri Lanka Opens Rotation 3 of Total Landscaping'

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lana) opened the third and final

rotation of their exhibition "Total Landscaping' on 15 March. Curated by Sandev Handy and Thinal Sajeewa,

the exhibition will close on 29 May 2025,

"Total Landscaping' explores the broad, drarmatic, and stirring ways in which land has been transformed in

Srl Lanka, The oxhibition brings together 29 contemporary arists whose works go beyond traditional

illustrations of landscapes. Instead, their works register the different ways in which perceptions of land have

been constructed and contested, 'Total Landscaping' unfolds as a sequence of changing displays that elicit

an all-out renegotiation of our relationships with land.

"The final rotation of "Total Landscaping' brings together artists who disrupt conventional ways of seeing.

They challenge us to reconsider the frames-both literal and conceptuathat shape our understanding of

land, history, and ecology," said Handy, who is Senior Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka. He added "The act

of framing ls never neutralt determines what is seen, what is hidden, and how we relate to the landscapes

around us, From fragmented perspectives to buried national narratives, what is represented in these works

remind us that landscapes are not passive backdrops but dynamic spaces of memory, contestation, and

imagination waiting to be unearthed."

Rotation 3 of Total Landscaping' features Bandu Manamperi (b.1972), Danushka Marasinghe (b.1985),

Deshan Tennekoon (b.1977), lsuri Dayaratne (b.1985), Laki Senanayake (1937-2021), M. Vijitharan

(b.1985), Muhanned Cader (b.1966), Ruvin de Silva (b.1986), Sakina Aliakbar (b.1996), Suntharam Anojan

(b.1991), and Tashiya de Mel (b.1991).

Sajeewa, Assistant Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka noted that, This exhibition was in the works for the last

two years and only scratches the surface on the curatorial research we have done about landscape." He

also said that, "The reception we have had from different audiences has been exceptional. Over 10,000

people have visited the exhibition so far, including over 900 participants for student outreach events and our

public programmes. Entrance to our museum and all our public programmes is free, and I encourage

everyone living in or visiting Sri Lanka to drop by to view the new rotation of Total Landscaping'."

The MMCA Sri Lanka is an education-led initiative that aims to establisha public museum dedicated to the

dlsplay, research, collection, and conservation of modern and contemporary art for the benefit and

enjoyment of the general public, schoois, and tourists. The museum is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. 

(except on Poya days and public holidays) on the ground floor of Crescat Boulevard, Colombo 3, and the

entrance to the museum and all its public programmes are free. Information about the museum and its

exhibitions and public programmes can be found via its website, www.mmca-srilanka.org, or on Facebook

at facebook. com/mmcasrilanka and Instagram at instagram.com/mmcasrilankal.