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Historically, the idea of the rapture signifies the end of humanity, evoking fear and reflection to avoid this fate. Artists also explore external apocalypses, which are catastrophic events with significant physical, social, and psychological impacts. These events, like natural disasters & technical failures challenge traditional notions of apocalypses.
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a new horizon. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2024.
The rapture is often interpreted through religious beliefs, media depictions, or environmental factors. For example, some see natural disasters as divine punishment, while media portrayals of nuclear wars or zombie outbreaks shape public perceptions. These external events force individuals and communities to respond and adapt based on external influences. Apocalyptic experiences can be challenging, but they can also be insightful, as individuals emerge with a renewed sense of purpose and a greater appreciation for the world around them. Thus, art plays a pivotal role in how individuals comprehend these events through both individualistic processing and societal discourse.
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red rapture, black madonna, the tower is crumbling. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2024.
series of 3 works. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2025.
Growing up in the aftermath of the Yugoslavian wars, it shaped my understanding of fear, displacement, and inherited trauma. My work is deeply ingrained in the notions proposed by Susan Sontag, who edified that after experiencing suffering, whether directly or via art and images, we can no longer go back to that innocence, but now we must make sense of that trauma. By no means is war inescapable, and after living in the UAE, the ongoing conflicts across the world continue to affect my family and emotional reality deeply. Witnessing war from both memory and distance creates a persistent feeling of helplessness: via my autoethnographic paintings they illustrate my fragmented and deep emotional plea for the endless cycles of conflict to rest; I struggled with the inability to protect loved ones and the scared young girl in me trying to preserve innocence, or at least pro cess this grief and anxiety trying make sense of recurring violence like we all are. My art addresses the need for unity when powerlessness is pervasive.
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'This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper.'
- t.s. elliot
the end times
Historically, the idea of the rapture signifies the end of humanity, evoking fear and reflection to avoid this fate. Artists also explore external apocalypses, which are catastrophic events with significant physical, social, and psychological impacts. These events, like natural disasters & technical failures challenge traditional notions of apocalypses.
a new horizon. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2024.
The rapture is often interpreted through religious beliefs, media depictions, or environmental factors. For example, some see natural disasters as divine punishment, while media portrayals of nuclear wars or zombie outbreaks shape public perceptions. These external events force individuals and communities to respond and adapt based on external influences. Apocalyptic experiences can be challenging, but they can also be insightful, as individuals emerge with a renewed sense of purpose and a greater appreciation for the world around them. Thus, art plays a pivotal role in how individuals comprehend these events through both individualistic processing and societal discourse.
red rapture, black madonna, the tower is crumbling. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2024.
Like Mines in The Grass; The Future of Disarmament
series of 3 works. acrylic 6 x 4”, 2025.
Growing up in the aftermath of the Yugoslavian wars, it shaped my understanding of fear, displacement, and inherited trauma. My work is deeply ingrained in the notions proposed by Susan Sontag, who edified that after experiencing suffering, whether directly or via art and images, we can no longer go back to that innocence, but now we must make sense of that trauma. By no means is war inescapable, and after living in the UAE, the ongoing conflicts across the world continue to affect my family and emotional reality deeply. Witnessing war from both memory and distance creates a persistent feeling of helplessness: via my autoethnographic paintings they illustrate my fragmented and deep emotional plea for the endless cycles of conflict to rest; I struggled with the inability to protect loved ones and the scared young girl in me trying to preserve innocence, or at least pro cess this grief and anxiety trying make sense of recurring violence like we all are. My art addresses the need for unity when powerlessness is pervasive.
'This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper.'
- t.s. elliot
Ally Zlatar // allyzlatar@gmail.com // @allyzlatar
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