<\/p>\n Esther<\/span><\/i>, an alternative model for gallery collaboration beyond the traditional art fair, was founded by Olga Temnikova from the gallery <\/span>Temnikova & Kasela<\/span><\/i> in Tallinn and <\/span>Margot Samel<\/span><\/i> from the eponymous gallery in New York. Taking place in the historical Estonian House in New York Esther brings together the art projects of twenty-six international galleries and in a common environment, offers an alternative to the usual ways of showing and experiencing art and thereby challenges the traditional art fair model.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inspired by the collaborative experiments of other galleries, such as Basel Social Club and Condo, Samel and Temnikova wanted to create a similar alternative experience in New York. The Estonian House in New York, a four-story Beaux-Arts style building designed by Brooklyn architect Thomas A. Gray in 1899, turned out to be an ideal cooperation partner for gallerists. In 1943, the Estonian Society acquired a building originally planned as a working-class civic club in downtown Manhattan, and it became an important gathering place for the Estonian community in New York, especially after the influx of Estonian refugees after World War II. Exhibitors were encouraged to submit projects that relate to the unique architecture and history of the building for application to the fair.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kim? will participate in the fair with new works by Latvian artists Indri\u0137is \u0122elzis, where flashes of experience and memory act as binders for sculptural appropriations of the infographic ecosystem in metal. Resemblances of bodily shapes and parts are conveyed through eye cavities with eyelids and lashes trapped in a sleek, shiny imprisonment of reflective metal forms.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Indri\u0137is \u0122elzis<\/span><\/span> (1988) lives and works in Riga, Latvia. He analyzes personal experience, as well as memories and art history, using three-dimensional models for bringing together and abstracting information that seemingly makes up a pattern of data but does not, in fact, yield itself to comprehension. \u0122elzis\u2019 research ends up assuming the form of plane and freestanding objects\/figures, welded, bent, and cut in the artist\u2019s studio.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u0122elzis holds an MA in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia (Riga, LV) and a Post-Graduate degree from HISK \u2013 Higher Institute for Fine Arts (Ghent, BE). Selected solo and two-person shows: <\/span>Watery Day’s Eye<\/span><\/i>, Kim? Contemporary art centre. (Riga, Latvia, 2023). <\/span>VAGABOND \/ A Place Hard to Place<\/span><\/i>, Jenny\u2019s (New York, 2022); <\/span>Yawn holding Fields<\/span><\/i>, Tatjana Pieters (Ghent, 2022); <\/span>Figure of Everything<\/span><\/i>, Castor (London, 2020); <\/span>Pause for the Cause<\/span><\/i>, CINNAMON (Rotterdam, 2019); <\/span>TABLEAU<\/span><\/i>, ASHES\/ASHES (New York, 2019); <\/span>Nightball effect<\/span><\/i> at King’s Leap (New York, 2019). Recent group exhibitions: <\/span>The 4 Gate Connection<\/span><\/i>, Tatjana Pieters (Ghent, 2020); <\/span>Doors of Paradise<\/span><\/i>, Union Pacific (London, 2018); <\/span>Superposition<\/span><\/i>, Joshua Liner Gallery (New York, 2018). His works are featured in the collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art; Museum of Recent Art \/ Romania; S.M.A.K. The Municipal Museum of Contemporary \/ Belgium; The Lewben Art Foundation \/ Lithuania; CELINE ART PROJECT \/ FRANCE; Paul Thiers Collection \/ Belgium; Alain Servais Family Collection \/ Belgium; Antoine De Werd Collection \/ The Netherlands; Tanguy Van De Weghe Collection \/ Belgium; Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric de Goldschmidt Collection \/ Belgium; Wang Jianlin Collection \/ China; Colin Fernandes Collection \/ US; Zuz\u0101ns Private Collection \/ Latvia.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Esther<\/i><\/b> participants:<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia<\/span><\/p>\n Gallery Artbeat, Tbilisi<\/span><\/p>\n BANK Gallery, Shanghai<\/span><\/p>\n Gathering, London<\/span><\/p>\n GINSBERG +TZU, Lima & Madrid<\/span><\/p>\n Laurel Gitlen, New York<\/span><\/p>\n The Green Gallery, Milwaukee<\/span><\/p>\n IVAN GALLERY, Bucharest<\/span><\/p>\n Kendall Koppe, Glasgow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kogo Galerii, Tartu<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Ciaccia Levi, Paris & Milan<\/span><\/p>\n Silke Lindner, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Management, New York<\/span><\/p>\n kaufmann repetto, Milan & New York<\/span><\/p>\n Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Latvia<\/span><\/p>\n Margot Samel, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, Rome, & New York<\/span><\/p>\n Seventeen, London<\/span><\/p>\n Someday, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Simone Subal Gallery, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn<\/span><\/p>\n Kate Werble Gallery, New York<\/span><\/p>\n Galeria Wsch\u00f3d, Warsaw, New York, & Cologne<\/span><\/p>\n VI, VII, Oslo<\/span><\/p>\n The Modern Institute, Glasgow<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Esther<\/em> in the media: <\/p>\n Supported by:<\/b> Latvian Ministry of Culture<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kim? Contemporary Art Centre is pleased to announce participation in the inaugural edition of Esther, an alternative model for gallery collaboration, that takes place in the Estonian House in New York, with new works by Latvian artist Indri\u0137is \u0122elzis. Esther Estonian House in New York 243 East 34th Street, Manhattan, New York Preview: April 30 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kim-events","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/b>Esther<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/b>Estonian House in New York<\/span>
\n<\/span>243 East 34th Street, Manhattan, New York<\/span>
\n<\/span>Preview<\/b>: April 30<\/span>
\n<\/span>Dates<\/b>: May 1 – May 4, 2024<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Reserve your free ticket <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span> If you are interested in attending preview on Tuesday April 30 \u2013 let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b> Artsy<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>ARTnews<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Artnet<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Art Newspaper<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Ocula<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Financial Times<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Surface Mag<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n