water, greenery and a beautiful face

27.05-28.06.2025
Dragon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Curator: Kerly Ritval
Graphic design: Rainer Kasekivi
Technical assistance: Erik Liiv
Photography: Alana Proosa

Supported by: the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Põhjala Brewery and Humalakoda Brewery
Exhibitions at Draakoni gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, and Liviko AS.
The title of the exhibition is inspired by a saying often attributed to the Persian Sufi and scholar Abu Nuʿaym al-Isfahani (948–1038): “𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸: 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
The artist uses the phrase as a lens through which to explore its meanings. The Quran speaks of all creation being made from water; greenery signifies paradise and ascent to bliss; and the human face is understood as a reflection of the divine in man.
The exhibition unfolds as a pilgrimage toward paradise – a tribute to a beloved person, drifting through friendship, tenderness, memory and remembrance, through dreaming, reverie, and forgetting.