Collapsism is a contemporary art movement founded by Vinith Chathuranga, a Post-Marxist critic and visual artist from Sri Lanka. Emerging from decades of social and political turbulence, Collapsism explores how cycles of crisis and renewal shape human experience, identity, and perception. At its core, Collapsism views collapse not as destruction, but as transformation — a necessary breaking point that reveals new possibilities. Through this lens, Vinith’s work dismantles surface appearances to expose the unseen forces shaping our world.
His visual language fuses natural realism, surreal and magical formalism, cubist fragmentation, and abstract composition, rejecting academic conventions in pursuit of deeper truth. As both thinker and creator, Vinith believes art must provoke reflection and ignite dialogue. Collapsism, therefore, stands not merely as an aesthetic style, but as a philosophical statement — one that challenges artists and audiences alike to reimagine the relationship between art, society, and transformation itself.
