FATMA KARA
“FATMA KARA”, Galeri Soyut’un Galeri Soyut / Çankaya mekânında 2 Ekim – 17 Ekim 2026 tarihleri arasında düzenlenmiş bir kişisel sergidir. Sergide 15 eseri yer aldı. Sergiyi gezmek ücretsizdir.
The artist approaches death in this series not as a period placed at the end of life, but as the moment when a person withdraws from their own story. After that moment, the individual can no longer tell their own story, intervene in their past, or change the meaning they leave behind; while the narrative built in their wake continues to unfold. Kara's focus intensifies precisely on this moment of handover. What remains is a name, a few dates, a face, and a few belongings.
The simplest image of the series is the gravestone. The artist reads the gravestone not as a narrative of a life, but as a surface recording that that life can no longer be narrated by itself. The name placed between two dates is not the life itself, but the final mark that life left in the world. This reading establishes the core tension of the exhibition: the fracture between existence and its representation.
Figures shaped with wood and polyester form the other side of this fracture. These figures are not copies of the living body. They investigate not what happens to the body after death, but what happens to the meaning of the body. Between the time carried by wood and the surface of polyester fixing the form, the figure stands on a threshold extending from body to object, and from object to memory.
The thought giving the exhibition its name begins after this point. Memory is also mortal; first the body is erased, then the voice, then the face, and lastly the name. Kara points to the moment when one day there will not even be the last person who remembers us, and says that perhaps the deepest state of death begins right there.
The fact that an artist who worked for many years in the restoration workshop of the Ankara State Museum of Painting and Sculpture and took part in the maintenance of works surviving from the past to the present reflects on permanence and disappearance adds a distinct depth to the exhibition.
"Sonra, Hiçbir Şey" can be visited at Galeri Soyut / Çankaya Hall B until October 17, 2026.
"Ölümden sonra kalan, insanın kendisi değildir. İnsandan geriye kalanların başkalarının zihninde aldığı biçimdir. Fakat hafıza da ölümlüdür." - Fatma Kara

















FAQ about “FATMA KARA”
When is the “FATMA KARA” exhibition?
Sergi 2 October – 17 October 2026 tarihleri arasında düzenlendi. Açılış: 2 October 2026 Friday, Time: 18.00 - 20.00.
Where is the exhibition and when can I visit?
Sergi Galeri Soyut Galeri Soyut / Çankaya mekânında yer aldı. Galeri Soyut’un Ankara’daki iki mekânı Pazartesi–Cumartesi açıktır (Çankaya 10:00–19:00, Çayyolu 11:00–18:00; Pazar kapalı). Çayyolu mekânı için randevu alınması gerekir.
Is there an entrance fee?
No. Visiting Galeri Soyut exhibitions is free of charge.
Which artists are in the exhibition?
FATMA KARA.
Can I buy works from the exhibition?
Sergideki eserlerin büyük bölümü satışa açıktır. Eser sayfasından “Danışmana Sor” ile galeriye yazabilir ya da teklif verebilirsiniz; fiyatı yayımlanmayan eserlerde fiyat için galeriye danışılır.

