As summer draws to an end, Il-Ħaġar Museum in Victoria, Gozo, is all set for the opening of a new temporary exhibition by artists Henry Alamango and Galina Troizky. The title chosen for this exhibition - Lost Paradise - evokes the English poet John Milton's famous epic poem Paradise Lost 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.

The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Minister for Gozo and Planning, Clint Camilleri on Friday, 6 September at 7.30pm, and will remain open until Sunday, 10 November. The opening will be followed by an exclusive event for a limited number of guests at The Roof at Il-Ħaġar, for which reservations are required.

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