An exhibition of paintings celebrating Ganesha in art by Mahen Chanmugam took place at Barefoot Gallery Colombo recently. 
Mahen, as a single subject artist, has devoted the last 30 years to portraying Ganesha.   Whereas the image topic is constant, the paintings capture a range of emotions and themes. Today his art looks at the Deity’s iconography as a philosophical template. One that symbolizes liberation from ego, acceptance and the laws of cause and effect.