Venice, Veneto, The European Union, Italy
Isaac Falconer is a pseudonym [an ARTIST NAME created by Dr. Saku Gunasegaram] in the spirit of Geor...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
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Isaac Falconer is a pseudonym [an ARTIST NAME created by Dr. Saku Gunasegaram] in the spirit of George Eliot (Mary Ann / Marian / Evans) and Isak Dinesen (Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke) merely TWO of a myriad giants on whose (proverbial) shoulders I stand. Isaac: Hebrew, meaning laughter ~ deeply ironic when taken in the context of current and historic Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.Falconer: taken from the William Butler Yeats poem, "The Second Coming" (1921): "Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer . . ." ~ an Irish poet's deep lament for the fragmented human relationships which mar post-modern life.
(Dr.) Saku Gunasegaram is a Christian Eelam Tamil [most Eelam Tamils are Hindu]~originally from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)~who is deeply committed to peace~making. She experienced first hand "The 1983 Intensification of Sinhala Genocide Against Eelam Tamils": ~in what Eelam Tamils "themselves" have used an euphemism to describe as: "The '83 Riots." She is in the company of such [PURELY SARCASTICALLY stated-of course!] "terrorist separatists" as 1986 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel[.aspx]~and _The Boston Globe_ []~in her calls for justice and equality and GENOCIDE-FREE+tortu...
Dr. Gunasegaram's/Isaac Falconer's original paintings on hand-made rice paper have been exhibited in solo shows in Bologna and Venice (Italy) as well as in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (USA). Her work has been commissioned by art connoisseurs on 4 [USA-ASIA (Singapore)-EUROPE (Italy-Germany-France)-THE MIDDLE EAST-(Israel) continents. Since 2007, the minimum price for a framed painting has been EURO 50,000.,
Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram has never had a Twitter account/a FaceBook Account)/a Pinterest account/a MySpace account (remember MySpace lost now in the proverbial mists of time "ever." In spite of this+because of Saatchi Fine Art Gallery's energetic art promotion programming Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram~a few years ago~had MORE than 2 MILLION with an "M" FaceBook-FOLLOWERS ~a few years ago~thanks to Saatchi Art Gallery and its energetic machinations on behalf of fine artists. However "all" 2 million "followers" on FaceBook of Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram "one day" "magically" "mystically" "disappeared" down to One "we" think because a certain President of A Small Liberal Arts College felt "threatened" professionally (!) "by" ANY "entity" enjoying THAT _MANY_ as in MORE THAN 2 MILLION with an "M" FaceBook-FOLLOWERS (!) This "magical" "overnight" "disappearance" of~get thi!~2 MILLION with an "M" FacebBook-Followers "also" "coincided" with the artist Isaac Falconer/Dr. Saku Gunasegaram "sharing" the 2 million number with her mother :( "Something" about "the kiss of death?"