The exhibition The Rapture includes a newly created painting installation consisting of 12 individual works, one of which comes from the dela.art collection. Presented at the Alfa Gallery the paintngs explore the fluidity of identity, the deep bonds between people and the earth, and the resilience of the human spirit. The characters created by Shahmuradova Tanska are in a state of constant transformation, permeating time and space to reflect a shared experience shaped by sensitivity and strength. Her immersive, panoramic frieze invites viewers into a world where memory, myth and life experience entwine to offer a poetic reflection on belonging and survival.

The second part of the exhibition, arranged in the Beta Gallery, focuses on the artist’s earlier paintings, allowing viewers to trace the development of her artistic language and examine her areas of interest, which oscillate between apocalyptic themes and epiphany. Here, Shahmuradova Tanska draws on biblical motifs of the creation of the world and its destruction – the themes of her works poised on the boundary between life and death, dream and reality, and between what is real and what is surreal.

Drawing on personal history and responding to the current situation in Ukraine, Shahmuradova Tanska’s works become vehicles for both individual and collective trauma. Her art offers a multi-layered reflection on uprooting, perseverance and the role of dreams as a refuge from adversity.

Curator: Adam Budak
Coordinator: Marta Műller