Lost Paradise

Exhibition by Henry Alamango & Galina Troizky

Lost Paradise is a joint exhibition by Henry Alamango and Galina Troizky, and features no fewer than 41 paintings.  The title chosen for this exhibition – Lost Paradise – evokes the famous epic poem Paradise Lost by English poet John Milton and explores the concept of continuously searching for a “paradise” elsewhere while remaining blind to the “paradise” in the here and now.  In this pursuit, our roots, family, community, identity, and culture are irrevocably sacrificed in the mad desire for a “lost paradise”.

The exhibition reflects a reality with which most viewers will be intimately familiar.  Yet, the exhibits invite an inner examination of our pursuit of what we perceive as the “good” life – the paradise we yearn for but might already have at our disposal, if only we were not too distracted or disoriented to truly appreciate it.

Lost Paradise will be inaugurated on the 6^th of September 2024 and runs until the 10^th of November 2024.  Admission to Il-Ħaġar is free.