Isa Genzken (Contemporary Artists)

Farquharson, Alex

Phaidon Inc Ltd（2006/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780714844251
• DDC分類 709.22

Full Description

Isa Genzken (b. 1948) is one of Germany's most prominent artists. She is best known for her architectural sculptures that combine a Minimal aesthetic with the bright colours and synthetic materials of Modernist architecture. Her hybrid, colourful mini-skyscrapers combine mirrored sheets, fluorescent plastic, glass and concrete. She first began exhibiting in the 1970s and has exhibited at The Renaissance Society in Chicago (1989) and Documenta 7 (1982), 9 (1992) and 11 (2002) in Kassel, Germany, among many other prestigious venues.Genzken's work is represented by Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Neven-DuMont-Str. 17, Cologne 50667, Germany, [e-mail] , Hauser & Wirth, 196A Piccadilly, London, W1J 9DY, [e-mail] and David Zwirner Gallery, 525 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, [e-mail]

Contents

Interview - In her discussion with Diedrich Diedrichsen the artist considers her relationship to the many sources behind her work: Minimal sculpture, modernist architecture, Conceptual art, and other multi-media artists' practices, such as Bruce Nauman's; Survey - Alex Farquharson examines the two principal themes in Genzken's work, Modernism and her commentary on current socio-political circumstances, since her now-legendary first exhibition in Berlin whilst still a student of Gerhard Richter; Focus - Sabine Breitwieser looks at Genzken's little known 'Hi-Fi' series of photographic works centring on magazine advertisements for stereo equipment; Artist's Choice (tbc) - Artist's Writings - Excerpts of interviews with fellow artists, and an essay on gender by the artist; Chronology and Bibliography