18/05/2026
Purge by CEMRA
hard plastic in wooden frame, 90 × 65cm, 2024
This work visualizes the universal
mechanics of political purges,
demonstrating how repressive
apparatuses employ similar algorithms
of suppression regardless of
geographic boundaries. Originating
from a private tragedy—the story of an
Azerbaijani scientist unjustly accused
of state treason—I build a bridge of
solidarity with victims of terror in
Belarus and other authoritarian states.
The rigid, restrictive plastic,
resembling a garbage bag that
conceals a voice, functions in my work
as a direct physical metaphor for
systemic isolation, where the freedom
of human thought collides with the
impenetrable rigidity of the state
machine.
Opening May 21 - 6-8.30pm
The first Solo Exhibition ABSENCE of Belarusian Artist CEMRA
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Absence is an exhibition about losses and the void, which become “living witnesses.”
The exhibition brings together the works Ziamliačka, Homeless, and Status Quo.
Ziamliačka is dedicated to the loss of one’s native land, where 225 kilograms of soil, carried across borders from Belarus, become a fragile vessel of memory. Through enfleurage, the scent of this soil is extracted and preserved, turning absence into a
tangible trace. Status Quo and Homeless connect the image of a suffering personal body with the political context . Bound with bandages and cardboard, this figure seeks to give physical form to both an inner and outer sense of homelessness.
A national symbol placed in a wheelchair becomes a metaphor for a “frozen future” and “prolonged agony,” revealing a fractured reality.
These works are deeply rooted in a political and cultural context: contemporary Belarusian identity struggles for survival
