This paper examines how the Sri Lankan artist S. P. Pushpakanthan captures the impact of war upon material objects. Pushpakanthan tries to situate objects that are touched by war as reflecting and reflected objects: as objects that allow us to ponder on how war destroys the totality of existence. The paper draws on Object-Oriented Ontology to discuss how objects can be treated as visual coda for violence, where we see how violence transforms various objects including the human mind and memory. The paper attempts to theorize the artist's thinking upon the objects that appear in his art. 

  S.A.P.M. Manuratne

 South Asian Review

Abstract :- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02759527.2021.1957608