The Sudden Resurrection :: 2025

Acrylic on canvas
216×180 cm
Amir Taba

Transformation is never simple. We are taught to evolve, to become better, stronger, freer—but what if that journey is not what we imagined? What if, instead of rising into something noble, we become burdened creatures, suffocated souls, or hollow shells of what we were meant to be?
This painting is about those struggles—the ones we inherit, the ones we impose on ourselves, and the ones we don’t fully understand until it’s too late. The central figures represent different fates: one meant to be a horse, reduced to a pack animal; another gasping for breath, bound by unseen forces; and one caught mid-transformation, yearning to become
something more but never quite reaching it.
The title, “The Sudden Resurrection,” comes from a poem by Rumi, a
reminder that even in struggle, there is the possibility of awakening. But resurrection is not always graceful—it can be painful, incomplete, or
absurd. It can be a forced evolution rather than a liberation.
I invite you to see yourself in these figures. Where are you in your own transformation? Are you free, or are you carrying a weight you never chose?