Melike Kara, new work
For her exhibition at Witte de With, Kara has created a new body of work, including a series of large works on canvas, as well as an installation of wooden sculptures intervened upon with paint and other materials. The group of paintings are indicative of the changes she has made in her recent body of work, for example, they barely present her more rigid humanoid figures that had previously populated her canvases, and introduce more organically shaped figures, including animals, after what is an evidently more free-flowing use of paint. The goat is a recurring figure in her new canvases, and it is connected to a longer investigation the artist has carried out regarding her Kurdish roots. This too, is more evidently explored in the artist’s new sculptures for the exhibition. Website