Introduction

Ceal Floyer (March 7 – April 14, 2023)

Isa Melsheimer (April 25 – May 26, 2023)
Karin Sander (June 7 – July 7, 2023)

The three projects presented under the heading The Window at Esther Schipper, Seoul—Ceal Floyer, Isa Melsheimer, and Karin Sander— each in their own way, create worlds for us to visit. But the direction of the gaze will go both ways: we may be looking in, onto a world, but we are also seen.

In a reciprocal gesture of bringing projects by these three Berlin-based artists to our gallery in Seoul, we are delighted to present an exhibition of the work of eight Korean artists in parallel in both the Berlin and Seoul galleries this summer.

The first intervention by Ceal Floyer, her 2002 work Warning Birds, covers the glass pane with countless dark silhouettes of birds. The transparency we associate with windows is interrupted and the function of both the window and the cautionary stickers is undone. In addition, recent and historical works by Floyer will be presented throughout the other rooms of the gallery.

The group of three projects takes as point of departure the distinct properties of the exhibition space: framed by a glass window, it resembles a vitrine or storefront.

Three special talks by Hyunjung Woo, Curator at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art will take place at Esther Schipper, Seoul during each presentation:

Ceal Floyer: Saturday March 11, 2pm
Isa Melsheimer: Saturday April 29, 2pm
Karin Sander: Saturday June 10, 2pm