Bortolami gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by German-Kurdish artist Melike Kara. Materially symphonic, Kara employs painting, installation, and photography to map heritage, origin, and belonging. For this exhibition, the artist expands the registers from which we identify, previously centered on cultural affiliation, to include her new role as mother. In exploring the attenuation of self and tradition under the expansive condition of motherhood, the artist intwines a new web of associations that marries history and the contemporary moment from which she speaks.