The MMCA Sri Lanka organised a display of artistes’ works at an exhibition titled ‘The Foreigners’ in London last month.
The event took place at and in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery, and featured the works of Dinelka Liyanage, Hania Luthufi, Imaad Majeed, Nina Mangalanayagam and Sumudi Suraweera. The screenings were followed by a conversation between Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator and Sandev Handy, Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka and artistes Mangalanayagam and Reginald S. Aloysius, led by the UK based curator, writer, and researcher Hammad Nasar. This evening of screenings and discussion took place during this year’s Frieze Week (11–15 October).
‘The Foreigners’ exhibition ended on 22 October after a six-month run which attracted 10,377 visitors. The 64 public programs included nine Gallery Talks, eight Workshops, five Reading Groups, 11 Curator’s Tours, three performances, a Book Reading for children, and an activation of Danushka Marasinghe and K K Srinath Chathuranga’s performance ‘Text-ing-Be-ing’ (2019) exhibited in ‘The Foreigners’.
“What we are most excited by, however, are the visits by 518 students from schools and higher educational institutes across the country, including the National Youth Services Council,” a spokesman for the organizers said.
As always, the Visitor Educators of the MMCA Sri Lanka played an indispensable role in engaging visitors with the exhibition, and conducted 805 Spotlights, 63 Display Tours, and 95 Exhibition Tours for ‘The Foreigners’.
