NEW YORK, NY – Bortolami is pleased to announce Fortune, Jutta Koether’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, coinciding with a reprint of the artist’s 1987 novella f. On view from May 9 through June 6, 2015, this exhibition presents a new series of paintings that both reference and depart from the allegorical figure of Fortune’s wheel.

Fortune is a continuation of Koether’s last two solo exhibitions in 2014; Champrovent at Reena Spaulings Fine Art in New York and Maquis at Galerie Francesca Pia in Zurich, Switzerland. Koether conceived of the installations in direct conversation with each gallery’s environs. Each series traces a circuitous path, casting a sidelong glance toward the unrealized goals and desires of past creators. The paintings do not occupy the space; they live in it. The paintings are participants, responding to their surroundings as any viewer.