The work was born from a feeling of longing for my family, who were far away while I was living in Germany, and from a desire to understand the components of my identity and the roots I carry with me. Instinctively, I began digging through an old collection of black-and-white photographs of my grandparents from different periods of their lives in Europe. I recolored them from my own perspective – first in my sketchbook and later in metal and enamel. Their faces became brooches worn on the body – fragments of memory and reflections on the complexity of family heritage, the identity we carry across places, and the ongoing pursuit of a sense of belonging.
Tamar Porges
