Redza Piyadasa used silkscreen collage to intervene into time cultures of peoples of various ethnicities and hybrid architecture related to time, and to comment on tradition and change. This is a rare masterpiece featuring a portrait of a Sinhalese family in western attire with brilliant colour-matching. It recalls precious histories, customs, and memories, forming a link between generations. Pre-second world war, the Sinhalese immigrant community were a vital workforce of the private sector and colonial government machinery. Layered with rich, jewel toned colours, this work highlights the contributions of the Sinhalese community of Malaya towards nation building. Artist, art-critic and historian Redza Piyadasa won the Major Prize in the Malaysian Landscape competition in 1974, and the Minor Award (jointly with Lee Kian Seng) in the 1979 Salon Malaysia. In 1998, he was awarded the Prince Claus Award, and in 2001, the National Art Gallery, honoured him with a Retrospective. He also won the Australian Cultural Award in 1987 and the Japan Foundation travel grant in 1992. He was also a co-founder of the Five Arts Centre in 1983. In 1991, he was artist-in-residence at the Canberra Institute of Art. Piyadasa graduated with a MFA from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu (1977) and a BFA from the Hornsey College of Art, London (1967). He graduated from the Malayan Teachers College, Brinsford Lodge, Wolverhampton, Britain in 1959, and the Specialist Teachers Training College, Kuala Lumpur, in 1962.