Representative work by Isa Genzken
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Artist

Isa Genzken

b. 1948, Bad Oldesloe, Germany · German

  • Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
  • Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

Isa Genzken has built one of postwar Germany’s most influential sculptural practices from concrete, resin, mirrors, mannequins, consumer goods and architectural fragments. Her work moves between rigorous geometric forms and chaotic assemblage.

Sculpture; installation; photography

Major Works

  • 1976–82Ellipsoids
  • 1979–83Hyperbolos
  • 1987–89Weltempfänger
  • 2000Fuck the Bauhaus
  • 2003Empire/Vampire, Who Kills Death
  • 2007Oil
  • 2008Ground Zero
  • 2001New Buildings for Berlin
  • 2013Schauspieler
  • 1990sFenster

Interviews & Writing

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