Colomboscope Alliances in Delhi starts a dialogue about Sri Lankan culture and society through art

Delhi art lovers cannot miss the opportunity to visit this extravagant art display and exhibition at The Gujral House. Presented in collaboration with Colomboscope from Sri Lanka and The Gujral Foundation, Colomboscope Alliances is a display of artistic dialogues from Sri Lanka. A part of the state’s leading inter-disciplinary arts festival which is heading to its ninth edition, this is a prelude event to the same and the first in India. The exhibition is being led and curated by Natasha Ginwala.

Why should you make a stop at Colomboscope Alliances in New Delhi?

Colomboscope Alliances marks a milestone collaboration where the platform makes its presence felt in India. This event is also a prelude to the 9th edition of Rhythm Alliances, which will be held in multiple places in Colombo between January 21-31, 2026. Artists participating in the exhibition whose artworks are on display include Basir Mahmood, Chathuri Nissansala, Hema Shironi Joseph, Pallavi Paul, Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah, Prasad Hettiarachchi, Rajni Perera, Rupaneethan Pakkiyarajah, Sangita Maity, Sarker Protick, and Subas Tamang.

Pallavi Paul’s photographs emit a contemplative mood in the viewer. Her photograph of a pinwheel on the grave is a symbol of the freedom one attains after death or of hope, even when the mortal remains return to the Earth. It may also signify to the onlooker that death isn’t always black, white and grey; rather, it is a colourful beginning. Sangita Maity’s brass sculptures are intricate and somehow position the man-nature relationship through habitat, work, and other things. Prasad Hettiarachchi’s ‘Obstacles’ throws light on resilience and migration, finding a new life, holding on to the thirst for survival and beginning afresh.

Through artworks like sculptures, paintings and even photographs the exhibition focuses on themes like migration, feminist fantasy, indigenous sovereignty, unequal development and ecological ruination. Themes, which are very relevant to the society of Sri Lanka and which upholds the evolution of their culture and society to where it stands now and what it has become today.

What: Colomboscope Alliances

Where: The Gujral House, New Delhi

When: Oct 31- Nov 1, 2025

Timings:  4 pm – 7 pm

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