Esther Schipper

30/09/2021

Cemile Sahin's It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom, at Esther Schipper through October 30.⁠⁠
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A major motif of Cemile Sahin's colored plexiglass panels with digitally printed elements is a digitally reconstructed 3D model of a porcelain statue—an écritoire, or inkwell, above which the goddess Minerva sits enthroned—which was the centerpiece on the table where the Sèvres treaty was signed and which the artist had printed based on documentation she discovered in the course of her research into the treaties of Sèvres (1920) and Lausanne (1923) and their ongoing impact a century later.⁠⁠
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In Sahin's work, the goddess has been marked more prominently in the garb of war: her flowing robe bears the camouflage patterns of modern combat uniforms, in this case, those of France (image 1), Germany (image 2), Italy (image 3), Turkey (image 4), and United Kingdom (image 5).⁠⁠
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⁠⁠#CemileSahin @jimmy_dollarexpress⁠⁠
#ItWouldHaveTaughtMeWisdom #EstherSchipper⁠⁠
​#Berlin #Exhibition #BerlinExhibition #Ausstellung #BerlinAusstellung #stiftungkunstfonds⁠⁠
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Cemile Sahin, It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom (France), 2021, ⁠⁠
It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom (Germany), 2021,⁠⁠
It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom (Italy), 2021, ⁠⁠
It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom (Turkey), 2021, ⁠⁠
It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom (United Kingdom), 2021. ⁠⁠
UV prints on car wrapping foil mounted on blue acrylic glass, 120 x 80 x 0,8 cm, Editions of 2. ⁠⁠
Photos © Jörg von Bruchhausen

29/09/2021

For our Spotlight this month we present Ari Benjamin Meyers, K Club, 2019. ⁠⁠
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K Club is a musical situation staged for one visitor only at a time. A neon sign marks the entrance to a dance club, the exhibition space is designed accordingly. The music track was composed by Ari Benjamin Meyers with Canadian electronica musician Deadbeat and takes the visitor on a condensed journey through an entire night out clubbing. By mixing two vinyl records of the same track, a unique score for each visitor is created live by the DJ. An important aspect of the work is the situation of waiting: visitors are randomly assigned a number; only if their number is called by the bouncer are they allowed in.⁠⁠
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— Jörn Schafaff (Tacet in Concert, Corraini Edizioni, 2019, p. 6)⁠⁠
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Experience K Club, performed with @violetakaviolet and @djtennis at @maatmuseum, October 5! ⁠⁠
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Link in bio to see the full Spotlight and further information on the event!⁠⁠⁠⁠
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#AriBenjaminMeyers #Spotlight #EstherSchipperBerlin #Artist #Berlin #Exhibition #Lisbon #MAAT #KClub #Ausstellung #EstherSchipper ⁠⁠⁠#performance #maatanniversary #maatmuseum⁠⁠
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Portrait photo © Michael Chiu⁠⁠
Photos © @andrea_rossetti_archive, © Lenbachhaus, © Filippo Alfero

28/09/2021

Liu Ye’s Internationale Architektur at Esther Schipper through October 23, 2021.⁠
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Among the motifs on which the exhibited works draw are the 1925 Bauhaus building complex by architect Walter Gropius in the German town Dessau, the Rietveld-Schroeder House designed in 1924 by the Netherlandish architect Gerrit Rietveld in Utrecht, and a 1968 equestrian estate built by the Mexican modernist architect Louis Barragán. Two works from 2021 depict figures wearing the iconic costumes the German artist Oskar Schlemmer designed for his experimental Triadic Ballet in the early 1920s, while another work, Prelude, also pictures a stage-like space, this one screened almost entirely by a red curtain from behind which a figure is looking out. Also on view are works from Liu Ye's series of book paintings, depicting pages from the 1942 edition of Karl Blossfeldt's Wunder in der Natur and the cover of the first publication from the so-called Bauhaus Bücher, Internationale Architektur, published in 1925.⁠
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Liu Ye, Bauhaus No. 8 (Triadisches Ballett), 2021, acrylic on canvas 37,5 x 52 cm (unframed)⁠
39,8 x 54,0 x 4,2 cm, (framed). Photo © the artist

https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/1000-internationale-architektur-liu-ye/

Liu Ye’s Internationale Architektur at Esther Schipper through October 23, 2021.⁠
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Among the motifs on which the exhibited works draw are the 1925 Bauhaus building complex by architect Walter Gropius in the German town Dessau, the Rietveld-Schroeder House designed in 1924 by the Netherlandish architect Gerrit Rietveld in Utrecht, and a 1968 equestrian estate built by the Mexican modernist architect Louis Barragán. Two works from 2021 depict figures wearing the iconic costumes the German artist Oskar Schlemmer designed for his experimental Triadic Ballet in the early 1920s, while another work, Prelude, also pictures a stage-like space, this one screened almost entirely by a red curtain from behind which a figure is looking out. Also on view are works from Liu Ye's series of book paintings, depicting pages from the 1942 edition of Karl Blossfeldt's Wunder in der Natur and the cover of the first publication from the so-called Bauhaus Bücher, Internationale Architektur, published in 1925.⁠
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Liu Ye, Bauhaus No. 8 (Triadisches Ballett), 2021, acrylic on canvas 37,5 x 52 cm (unframed)⁠
39,8 x 54,0 x 4,2 cm, (framed). Photo © the artist

https://www.estherschipper.com/exhibitions/1000-internationale-architektur-liu-ye/

26/09/2021

Last day of @artbasel! Come visit @estherschipperberlin at Booth S1.⁠⁠
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We present new and majors works by Rosa Barba, @mrtnbyce, Matti Braun, Sarah Buckner, @angelabulloch, Etienne Chambaud, @simon.fujiwara @whothebaer, @ryanjgander, @ryanjgander, Pierre Huyghe, @annveronicajanssens, @jacleirner, @romanondak, Philippe Parreno, and @ugorondinone0.⁠⁠
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Among the highlights of our booth are two new kinetic sculptures by Rosa Barba (@timeasperspective), from her Uncertain Theme – and Therefore Abstract series developed for Barba’s ongoing solo exhibition at the @neue_nationalgalerie in Berlin; Philippe Parreno's automated Clock (2020); Pierre Huyghe's fascinating new body of work Mind's Eye (F) (2021)—currently on view at @luma_arles; a large-scale installation of Roman Ondak's series of Crosses and Pyramids; a suite of Ugo Rondinone's Mattituck works and a new production of General Idea's AIDS sculpture (1989-2021).⁠⁠
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We also participate in #Unlimited projects with works Philippe Parreno.⁠⁠
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Booth views: Art Basel, Basel, 2021. ⁠⁠
Photos © Andrea Rossetti

25/09/2021

Pierre Huyghe, Mind's Eye (F), 2021
 on view at @artbasel, 2021.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Mind’s Eye is a materialized deep image reconstruction, a mental image output from UUmwelt, first presented at the Serpentine in 2018. UUmwelt is a co-production of imagination between human and machine, using a brain-computer interface.⁠⁠
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A set of elementary components – building blocks of a speculative situation – were given as images or descriptions to be imagined by a subject, among them biological entities, prehistoric tools, machines, code, and artworks. As the subject imagines these components, brain activity was captured by an fMRI scanner and an engineered deep neural network learned to recognize the brain-data patterns and then attempted to reconstruct the mental images.⁠⁠
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Mental images can circulate from mind to mind, outside the realm of appearance, as synthetic telepathic conversation, or be externalized from the subjects’ minds and manifest themselves physically.⁠⁠
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Mind’s Eye is an artefact of the imaginary realm, a precipitate occupying the space. It lies in an ambiguous continuity between human visual imagination, artificial intelligence, data and matter.⁠⁠
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The aggregate of materials modifies itself and the environment at its own pace.⁠⁠
— Pierre Huyghe⁠⁠
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Pierre Huyghe, Mind's Eye (F), 2021
, materialized deep image reconstruction, synthetic and biological material aggregate; micro-organisms, 100 x 92 x62 cm. Courtesy of the artist; Esther Schipper, Berlin; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; Hauser & Wirth, London. Photo credit: Andrea Rossetti. © Pierre Huyghe⁠⁠
Booth views: Art Basel, Basel, 2021. ⁠⁠Photos @andrea_rossetti_archive

#artbasel #pierrehuyghe #estherschipper

22/09/2021

Philippe Parreno's The Owl in Daylight, 2020 is presented by @estherschipperberlin and @gladstone.gallery at @artbasel #Unlimited, Booth U15.⁠

Entirely conceived in high-end computer-generated imagery, The Owl in Daylight is a ‘work-in-motion’ by Philippe Parreno. In constant evolution, it is composed of multiple visual sequences controlled and juxtaposed using Bronze technology, a model of artificial intelligence developed by musicians Lexx and Gwilym Gold, and scientist Mick Grierson.

This moving tableau depicts a landscape bordered by a body of water. If at first glance the image seems static, subtle changes of light, temporality, and atmospheric
conditions appear little by little. When transitioning between two sequences, the image of sometimes blinks, flickers, as if the entity controlling it was hesitating.

The AI controls both the animation and the soundtrack of the film. Philippe Parreno used Bronze initially in 2019 as part of his site-specific commission for MoMA, creating what he describes as an ‘autopoietic system, responding to itself and its surroundings endlessly.’

The work takes its title from an unfinished Philip K. Dick novel that he was writing at the time of his death in 1982.

#PhilippeParreno

Excerpt: Philippe Parreno, The Owl in Daylight, 2020, digital video (color, sound), player, optional: sound element (The Speaker, 2020, highly-directional speakers, mounting panel, rotating arm, DMX controller, amplifier, transformer, cables, sound card, The Owl in Daylight: duration variable
The Speaker: 175 x 85 x 68,8 cm, edition of 6.
Booth view: Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2021. ⁠⁠Video © @andrea_rossetti_archive

21/09/2021

We hope you join us at Art Basel #Unlimited where we present Liam Gillick's The Lights are no Brighter at the Centre, 2017, in collaboration with @caseykaplangallery @kerlingallery @galleriaalfonsoartiaco @maureen_paley @galerieevapresenhuber and @gallerybaton, Booth U10⁠.⁠⁠
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Gillick's The Lights are no Brighter at the Centre, 2017, was first exhibited at CAC Vilnius in 2017. This installation consists of an architectural model of a suburban industrial area. Multi-colored lights, projected animation, and a soundtrack evoke the idea of a nightclub located on the outskirts of a city.⁠⁠
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#LiamGillick ⁠#artbasel2021 #ArtBasel #ArtUnlimited #Basel #EstherSchipper⁠⁠
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Liam Gillick, The Lights are no Brighter at the Centre, 2017, painted MDF, theatre lights, HD projection, sawdust, duration projection cycle: 09:21 min, overall dimensions variable, edition of 2. Booth views: Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2021. ⁠⁠Photos @andrea_rossetti_archive

20/09/2021

We hope you join us at @artbasel #Unlimited, where we present @generalidea_ AIDS Cross (Cadmium Red Medium), 1991/2021, in collaboration with mai36galerie, @miandn, and @maureen_paley, September 24 – 26, 2021, Booth S1.⁠⁠
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General Idea's AIDS Cross (Cadmium Red Medium), 1991/2021, constitutes one of the largest of General Idea’s AIDS works. This new painting echoes the form and dimensions of Robert Indiana’s 1968 LOVE Cross, while also evoking the emblem of the International Red Cross.⁠⁠
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#GeneralIdea #AABronson @aa_bronson⁠⁠
#artbasel2021 #ArtBasel #ArtUnlimited #Basel⁠⁠
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General Idea, AIDS Cross (Cadmium Red Medium), 1991/2021, acrylic on linen 5 panels, 150 x 150 cm each, 450 x 450 cm overall.⁠⁠
Booth views: Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2021. ⁠⁠
Photos @andrea_rossetti_archive

20/09/2021

Rosa Barba, In a Perpetual Now at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

Rosa Barba, In a Perpetual Now at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

The Neue Nationalgalerie celebrates its reopening after six years of renovation with a solo exhibition by Rosa Barba. Under the title In a Perpetual Now, Barba presents key works of her oeuvre from the years 2009–2021, her new film Plastic Limits and three new sculptures created for the exhibition.

An expansive steel structure—referring in its architectural design to Mies van der Rohe's early project, Brick Country House—hosts 15 of Barba's cinematic and sculptural works. Specially produced for the architecture of the Neue Nationalgalerie, this major solo exhibition follows the principle of cinematic montage, which plays a pivotal role in the artist’s work as well as her conceptual approach to cinema itself.

Video: Rosa Barba, In a Perpetual Now, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2021.

Exhibition film by MONA productions

18/09/2021

Just opened in Berlin! Anri Sala at Yellow Solo, and Ceal Floyer at @goeben.berlin. Esther Schipper is also open today until 7 pm, where @liuyeart and @jimmy_dollarexpress are both on view. ⁠
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Link in bio for more exhibitions and events in Berlin this weekend!⁠
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Photo 1: Anri Sala, Ode to a Tail, 2021, turntable, resin, vinyls covers, ink and pastel on digital print, sideboard, Augmented Reality application on iPad, sound dimensions: 116 x 104 x 44 cm. Photo © Anri Sala⁠
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Photo 2-3: Exhibition Views, Ceal Floyer, Goeben Berlin, Berlin, 2021. Photos © Stefan Haehnel, Goeben Berlin⁠
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Photo 4: Exhibition view: Cemile Sahin, It Would Have Taught Me Wisdom, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2021⁠
Photo © @andrea_rossetti_archive⁠
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Photo 5: Exhibition view: Liu Ye, Internationale Architektur, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2021. Photo © @andrea_rossetti_archive⁠
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⁠⁠#CemileSahin @jimmy_dollarexpress⁠
#ItWouldHaveTaughtMeWisdom #EstherSchipper⁠
​#galleryweekendberlin #galleryweekenddiscoveries⁠
@galleryweekendberlin @berlinartweek #berlinartweek #Berlin #Exhibition #BerlinExhibition #Ausstellung #BerlinAusstellung #stiftungkunstfonds #LiuYe #InternationaleArchitektur #NowOpen ⁠⁠
⁠#YellowSolo #GoebenBerlin #Goeben

16/09/2021

Please note the current visiting regulations: ⁠⁠
All visitors are required to show proof of vaccination, previous COVID-19 recovery, or a negative test result, no older than 24 h.⁠⁠
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It is currently not required to book an appointment to visit our Berlin Gallery.⁠⁠
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Wearing a FFP2 face mask throughout the gallery and maintaining physical distance of 1.5 m from other visitors and members of our staff is mandatory.

16/09/2021

Openings, events and continuing exhibitions in Berlin over the weekend - link in bio for full listings, information and map! ⁠⁠
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Today, Thursday 16 Sept:⁠⁠
- #anrisala opens at #YellowSolo (hosted at @agpro), with a performance at 8 pm. ⁠⁠
- FUGEN with Isa Melsheimer (concrete_society) opens from 7 pm at @diemoeglichkeiteinerinsel⁠⁠
- Tino Sehgal will participate in a conference from @mfnberlin, live-streamed on YouTube⁠⁠
- @akademiederkuenste's latest exhibition is now open, with Rosa Barba, Ceal Floyer, Pierre Huyghe and Karin Sander⁠⁠
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Friday 17 Sept:⁠⁠
- #cealfloyer's solo show at @goeben.berlin opens from 6-10 pm⁠⁠
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Saturday 18 Sept:⁠⁠
- From 2-6 pm #DISAPPEARINGBERLIN x @referencestudios' Radio Acoma includes #PhilippeParreno and Anri Sala⁠⁠
- On September 18 and 19, @kwinstitutefcontemporaryart will present situations by Tino Sehgal⁠⁠
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Continuing exhibitions include: ⁠⁠
- @jimmy_dollarexpress at @akademiederkuenste, closing Sunday, Sept. 19⁠⁠
- @timeasperspective at @neue_nationalgalerie⁠⁠
- Diversity United from @stiftungkunstbonn, with @romanondak, @ugorondinone0 and Anri Sala⁠⁠
- @angelabulloch at @hausamwaldsee⁠⁠
- @karin_sander at @palaispopulaire⁠⁠
- Thomas Demand at @juliastoschekcollection⁠⁠
- Isa Melsheimer at Käthe Kollwitz Museum

15/09/2021

Esther Schipper updated their info in the about section.

Esther Schipper updated their info in the about section.

14/09/2021

Congratulations to Hito Steyerl, this⁠ year's recipient of the Honorary B3 BEN Award in the category Art! ⁠
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Her work includes texts, performances, multimedia installations and essayistic documentaries in which she deals with postcolonial critique, feminist representational logic and the influences of globalization on the financial, labor and commodity markets. She is considered one of the most socially critical and very political artists of our time. ⁠
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"In her works, Hito Steyerl takes an active stance on political, societal and social processes using a variety of artistic means. In doing so, she always works at the interface of visual art and film as well as theory and practice. Her work fascinates through the use of different media and art forms. She creates moving art in the best sense of the word," says Prof. Bernd Kracke, Artistic Director of B3.⁠
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The award ceremony will be held via livestream on the opening day of B3, 15 October, in Frankfurt at ASTOR Film Lounge MyZeil.⁠
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Photo © Trevor Paglen⁠
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#b32021 #hitosteyerl #artists #honoraryaward #art

Congratulations to Hito Steyerl, this⁠ year's recipient of the Honorary B3 BEN Award in the category Art! ⁠
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Her work includes texts, performances, multimedia installations and essayistic documentaries in which she deals with postcolonial critique, feminist representational logic and the influences of globalization on the financial, labor and commodity markets. She is considered one of the most socially critical and very political artists of our time. ⁠
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"In her works, Hito Steyerl takes an active stance on political, societal and social processes using a variety of artistic means. In doing so, she always works at the interface of visual art and film as well as theory and practice. Her work fascinates through the use of different media and art forms. She creates moving art in the best sense of the word," says Prof. Bernd Kracke, Artistic Director of B3.⁠
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The award ceremony will be held via livestream on the opening day of B3, 15 October, in Frankfurt at ASTOR Film Lounge MyZeil.⁠
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Photo © Trevor Paglen⁠
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#b32021 #hitosteyerl #artists #honoraryaward #art