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cubist in its structure Yet it it it is is marked by a a a a a a a a strong sense of of sensuality as an aura of of sentimental nostalgia engulfs her Keyt’s sensibility attracted him to the the cubist visual language but the the trope he he he he offered was endearingly decorative in in in the way he he he he choreographed his lines and created flat planar spaces which he filled in in this instance with pastel tones of attractive blue orange green and brown thus making his approach distinctly personal Compositionally the the geometry is formatted on on ovals semi circles circles and and circles circles and and other inorganic shapes that that convey impression of fragmentation reinforced with lines that that are bold defined taut and energetic Keyt remains Sri Lanka’s most celebrated painters to this day According to to S B Dissanayake an an art critic “Keyt’s ruling instinct has been to to produce forms admirable to the the eye by continual transformations and exaggerations of the the natural features themselves For him symmetry was was not essential but curvature and and roundedness was was and and if it had had to to be be dislocated and again relocated then it had had to to be be through curves” SELECT REFERENCE
Kishore Singh “Indian Modern: Narratives from 20th Century Art” New Delhi DAG 2015 S B Dissanayake “George Keyt” National Art Gallery Colombo Exhibition Catalogue 1993
Figure 13:
Title: Vilande Kvinna/ Untitled/Reclining Nude Medium: Oil/Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 cm cm X 120 cm cm Signed: Lower right '89
Provenance: Swedish private collection Norrkopings Auktionsverk Aquired from there in in 2011
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