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Rajni Perera
Primitive2025

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Horizontal painting of a crouched nude figure with a large coral-pink flower bloom in place of the head, body covered in tiny dark specks, against a soft rose-pink background

Rajni Perera, Primitive, 2025, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Preetha K. Nooyi, courtesy of the artist and Rajiv Menon. Contemporary, photo by Darren Rigo

Artist or Maker
Rajni Perera
Sri Lanka, b. 1985
Title
Primitive
Date Made
2025
Medium
Acrylic gouache, aluminum, glass and semiprecious stone beads, mother of pearl beads, and charcoal on polyester
Dimensions
60 1/8 × 84 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (152.72 × 213.68 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Preetha K. Nooyi
Accession Number
M.2026.125
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Exhibition History
  • Perpetual Becoming: Art across the Asian Diaspora. Saturday, January 30, 2027 - Saturday, June 5, 2027
Copyright
courtesy of the artist and Rajiv Menon. Contemporary, photo by Darren Rigo

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