Esther Schipper
Martin Boyce , Scotland
"Unhome"
Martin Boyce, Drawn from Depths, 2025 (détail), acier peint, acier galvanisé, verre soufflé à la main, composants électriques, installation : 300 x 200 x 200 cm. Production du verre : Cirva, Marseille. Courtesy de l’artiste et Esther Schipper Berlin/Paris/Séoul. Photo © Eoin Carey
Esther Schipper is pleased to present Unhome, Martin Boyce’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in our Paris space. It is part of two concurrent exhibitions of Boyce’s work opening on the occasion of Paris Gallery Weekend, the second show, titled Walk with Me, being hosted by Galerie Natalie Seroussi.
In Unhome, Boyce invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries between the intimate and the domestic, introducing a sense of eeriness and uncertainty into our perception of familiar spaces. At our gallery located on Place Vendôme, he unveils a collection of new sculptures and photographic works, brought together in an immersive installation that oscillates between decay and renewal, offering a sensitive meditation on the passage of time.
Martin Boyce has reworked and reformulated objects from the built environment, developing his own pictorial language based on a reading of the formal and conceptual histories of applied and decorative arts, architecture and urban planning. His works simultaneously pay homage and deconstruct or reinterpret these traditions. The use of unlikely elements and materials, freed from their function as demarcation or restraint, creates oddly affecting sculptures.
Solo show of Martin Boyce
From May 23rd to July 26th, 2025
The gallery
Esther Schipper founded her first gallery in Cologne in 1989. After German reunification, she opened a satellite space in Berlin in the mid-1990s, ultimately moving its operations there in 1997. The gallery space has since relocated several times within Berlin to accommodate its evolving exhibition program and artists’ needs.
In 2015, Esther Schipper acquired Johnen Galerie and integrated its program under the gallery’s name. Esther Schipper opened a company in Korea in 2017, and a public gallery in Seoul in 2022, as well as a gallery location in Paris on Place Vendôme the same year. In 2024, Esther Schipper started an office and a showroom in New York, with the first presentation scheduled for spring 2025.
Throughout its almost 40 year history, the gallery has supported artists who push boundaries and redefine traditional exhibition formats. Building on the early pioneering program, the gallery specializes in fostering institutional support and finding markets for its artists across continents.
The gallery’s global growth nurtures cross-cultural dialogue and brings new commitments to local and international artistic communities. Its activities extend beyond exhibitions to include lectures, performances, and events, reinforcing its role as a discursive space for experimentation.
Today, Esther Schipper represents a diverse range of international artists, established figures and emerging talents practicing in various media.
Esther Schipper is jointly-owned by its founder, Esther Schipper, and Florian Wojnar, her business partner and husband, who became a shareholder in 2014.
Gallery artists
Tauba Auerbach , Rosa Barba, Merikokeb Berhanu, Stefan Bertalan, Norbert Bisky, Julius von Bismarck, Martin Boyce, Matti Braun, AA Bronson, Sarah Buckner, Angela Bulloch, Nathan Carter, Etienne Chambaud, David Claerbout, Thomas Demand, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Ceal Floyer, Simon Fujiwara, Ryan Gander, General Idea, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Andrew Grassie, Grönlund-Nisunen, Martin Honert, Pierre Huyghe, Karolina Jabłońska, Ann Veronica Janssens, Hyunsun Jeon, Christoph Keller, Annette Kelm. Tomasz Kręcicki, Gabriel Kuri. Jac Leirner. Liu Ye. Isa Melsheimer, Prabhavathi Meppayil. Ari Benjamin Meyers, Roman Ondak, Philippe Parreno, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Thomias Radin, Ugo Rondinone, Christopher Roth, Cemile Sahin, Anri Sala, Karin Sander, Julia Scher, Tino Sehgal, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Hito Steyerl, Sun Yitian, Tao Hui, Anicka Yi.
