“Beyond the Visible” with Lithuanian artist Tomas Lagūnavičius at Sky Gallery

Step beyond the surface. What happens in the instant between seeing and understanding? What hides in the space where perception falters, and imagination begins? The Fareed Uduman Art Forum and Sky Gallery invite you to cross that threshold with Tomas Lagūnavičius—artist, writer, theorist, and cultural provocateur—as they unveil “Beyond the Visible.” 

Opening on 17 October, this exhibition challenges audiences to look beyond surface appearances and step into a world where perception becomes an active, multi-layered experience.

The Fareed Uduman Art Forum continues its mission of making art accessible and thought-provoking for Sri Lankan audiences. After the resounding success of exhibitions featuring Van Gogh, Gauguin, Masterpieces Unveiled, Gustav Klimt and Salvador Dali, this new chapter brings a more intimate and reflective experience to the gallery.

Tomas Lagūnavičius is a rare blend of artist, thinker, and cultural architect. His practice crosses boundaries of visual art, performance, installation, sound, and conceptual work—deeply informed by psychology, systems theory, cybernetics, and linguistics. With 37 solo exhibitions, 56 group shows and biennials, 39 performances, and 12 published books, Tomas has established himself internationally as both a creator and intellectual force.

Tomas describes himself as a “post-matrix individual” living across multiple roles—artist, psychologist, writer, educator. Instead of seeking unity, he embraces contradiction, allowing each identity to voice itself within his work. 

Beyond the Visible is more than an art showcase—it’s an immersive environment that transforms spectators into participants. Each work operates as a system: layered, responsive, and built from structural logic and conceptual inquiry. Tomas’s hybrid method blends traditional techniques—drawing, painting, collage—with cutting-edge digital tools, including AI-assisted colour harmonisation and composition software. For him, technology is not a shortcut but a collaborator. His signature 3x3x3 method—three dominant colours, three geometric forms, and three real-world objects—creates clarity through structure while unlocking endless creative possibilities. 

At the heart of the exhibition lies Tomas’s self-developed framework: Metacubism — Art for the 21st Century. Inspired by Cubism’s radical break with tradition, Metacubism adapts that spirit to today’s fractured realities—marked by digital saturation, political upheaval, and shifting truths. Through repetition, interruption, absence, symmetry, and data-driven aesthetics, Tomas addresses a central question: What happens in the space between seeing and understanding?  

The Exhibition also unveils a stunning collection of what he calls his works of “Meta Buddhism.” In Europe and North America, Buddhism underwent, in his opinion, three major phases. During the first phase, when it came out, we tried to accept it as it was. Later, post-Buddhism emerged as a modified form of Buddhism adapted to the contexts of Europe and North America. Now, we have post-post-Buddhism and no longer remember the original sources but modify and edit the legacy of post-Buddhism. In his opinion, post-Buddhism is a very important element of the new culture of Europe and the United States. Maybe we should not call it an element at all; it is more of a function that cannot be removed. Post-post-Buddhism is becoming the operating principle of North American and European consciousness. 

Despite its intellectual depth, Beyond the Visible remains accessible. Viewers need no theoretical background—only a willingness to pause, reflect, and explore how unconscious systems shape perception. Not for passive viewing. It asks you to enter, to participate, and to confront the invisible systems shaping everyday perception. No theory is required. Only presence. The exhibition is a mirror, a question, and an opening. 

The Fareed Uduman Art Forum invites all to the opening of Beyond the Visible, on Friday 17 October, at Sky Gallery, at 6:00 p.m. The exhibition continues until Sunday 26 October from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.