2020 Group Presents ‘Odyssey' At The Launch Colombo Art Gallery

In view of re-igniting the appreciation for Representational Art, a group of senior artists of different disciplines, practicing distinctive styles of their own, have come together under the name 2020 Group, in its inaugural exhibition titled Odyssey at the Colombo Art Gallery in Stratford Avenue Colombo 06.

The exhibition which started on April 24 will continue for four weeks.

In today’s world of uncertainty and change, digitization, symbolism and psychedelia, the purest of art forms are losing appreciation and acceptance. This is unfortunately true of the art scene in Sri Lanka as well.

However, today in Sri Lanka as opposed to the rest of the world, most young artists choose to take up Abstract Art purely because they feel it is higher in commercial value and requires less painstaking study, skill and crafting. Commenting on this trend, Kalabhooshana Brindley Jayatunga, Past President of the Ceylon Society of Arts and internationally practicing senior artist, a co-founder of the 2020 Group said, “Unfortunately, this is largely due to the lack of appreciation from critiques, commercially-driven markets and the inclinations or preferences of art teachers who influence students and young artists to follow their own styles.”