We prayed and prayed and nobody listened
Polina Berlin Gallery•Nov 19, 2025 — Dec 13, 2025
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Polina Berlin Gallery is pleased to announce We prayed and prayed and nobody listened, Loral Raphael’s debut exhibition with the gallery, on view from November 19 through December 13, 2025.
Known for his work in music composition, Raphael emerges here as an energetic painter of allegorical narratives and expressionistic gestures. Through a series of densely textured works in oil, Raphael conjures a feverish theatre of human behavior with both caustic wit and profound empathy. Indicative of the breadth of Raphael’s multidisciplinary practice, this body of paintings is accompanied by a recording of a poem written by the artist’s brother and frequent collaborator Ronnel Raphael, recited by the actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Produced during a period in which the artist was also creating orchestral compositions, the works on view were made in hotel rooms and other temporary spaces distinct from the traditional artist’s studio. In some sense, they function within the artist’s…
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We prayed and prayed and nobody listened
Polina Berlin Gallery•Nov 19, 2025 — Dec 13, 2025
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Polina Berlin Gallery is pleased to announce We prayed and prayed and nobody listened, Loral Raphael’s debut exhibition with the gallery, on view from November 19 through December 13, 2025.
Known for his work in music composition, Raphael emerges here as an energetic painter of allegorical narratives and expressionistic gestures. Through a series of densely textured works in oil, Raphael conjures a feverish theatre of human behavior with both caustic wit and profound empathy. Indicative of the breadth of Raphael’s multidisciplinary practice, this body of paintings is accompanied by a recording of a poem written by the artist’s brother and frequent collaborator Ronnel Raphael, recited by the actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Produced during a period in which the artist was also creating orchestral compositions, the works on view were made in hotel rooms and other temporary spaces distinct from the traditional artist’s studio. In some sense, they function within the artist’s…
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