Esther Kläs

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Esther Kläs employs hands-on dexterity with her process-oriented sculptures and works on paper which challenge contemporary sculptural norms and discourses. With links to Postminimalism, she utilizes malleable materials including clay, oil stick, or resin while maintaining an intimate physical relationship with her work. The artist’s distinctive visual language relates to her body in a surrounding environment while simultaneously referencing her inner experience. Appearing at once as mysterious presences and projections of a poetic imagination, her sculptures and works on paper emphasize the intuitive gestures that shape her work. Questioning the essence of objects and herself within a space, the work suggests relationships of both being and seeing. Esther Kläs, Start, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 21 – November 30, 2019 Esther Kläs, The subtle interplay between the I and the me, Kolumba, Cologne, Germany, June 2 – August 16, 2021 Esther Klas, Maybe it can be different, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy, February 14 – April 18, 2020