NEW YORK, N.Y.- Peter Blum announces the exhibition Esther Kläs: Nobody Home which opened on November 17th at Peter Blum Chelsea, 526 West 29th Street, New York. This is Esther Kläs’ first exhibition with the gallery. For her first solo show in New York, the German born artist exhibits a group of work that specify the strength and independence of sculpture. The title of the exhibition, Nobody Home, evokes the notion of autonomy – a place for an indefinable species with a humanistic spirit and presence. Combining traditional art materials such as clay, plaster and ceramics with more industrial elements such as resin and concrete, her freestanding sculptures confront the viewer and assert themselves into the space. Despite the idea of stillness often associated with sculpture, Kläs’ works contain the energy of movement while integrating joint body parts in