Lee Bae
Syzygy
11 SEP until 18 OCT 2025
Opening – 11 SEP 2025, 6-10 pm

Lee Bae
Brushstroke A3, 2025
Bronze
170 x 165 x 120 cm
Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © the artist

Exhibition view:
Lee Bae, Syzygy,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist, Johyun Gallery and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti
Lee Bae’s work honors the rituals and traditions of Korean folk culture and craft. While he uses wood, fire, and Hanji (Korean Mulberry paper) to produce sculptures, installations, drawings, and assemblages, his main medium is charcoal. The artist employs it as a transformational material, drawn from the elements and history of Korea, imbued with a rich aggregate of personal, cultural and spiritual associations. Lee Bae transforms charcoal into large-scale sculptures, assembled as wall-mounted surfaces akin to paintings, turned into ink that captures the physicality of the artist’s brush work.

Exhibition view:
Lee Bae, Syzygy,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist, Johyun Gallery and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Exhibition view:
Lee Bae, Syzygy,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist, Johyun Gallery and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Exhibition view:
Lee Bae, Syzygy,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist, Johyun Gallery and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti
Tauba Auerbach
Clepsydra
11 SEP until 18 OCT 2025
Opening – 11 SEP 2025, 6-10 pm

Tauba Auerbach
Extended Object, 2025
Acrylic on canvas, aluminum frame
35,6 x 45,7 x 10 cm
Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Steven Probert

Exhibition view:
Tauba Auerbach, Clepsydra,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist Paula Cooper Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti © The artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Tauba Auerbach works in multiple media and formats, curious about structure and connectivity on the microscopic to the cosmic scale. Building on crafts in many disciplines, they often invent tools and techniques to induce or exaggerate material behaviors. Their work moves freely between painting, weaving, glass, photography, video, calligraphy and musical instrument design.

Exhibition view:
Tauba Auerbach, Clepsydra,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist Paula Cooper Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti © The artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Exhibition view:
Tauba Auerbach, Clepsydra,
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2025
Courtesy the artist Paula Cooper Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Photo © Andrea Rossetti © The artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025