27.05-28.06.2025
Draakoni Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Curator: Kerly Ritval
Graphic Design: Rainer Kasekivi
Photography: Alana Proosa

The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery

Technical assistance: Erik Liiv
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.