ISA GENZKEN

With her ‘Social Façades,’ such as ‘Untitled’ (2017), the artist made the relationship between inside and out the crux of the matter. Creating impressions of high-rise facades by means of metal foil and adhesive tape, Genzken brings the impression of the skyline down to our level, enabling direct interaction with the aesthetics of a fluctuating urban fabric. Additional wall-works on view further demonstrate how Genzken has in recent years allowed more and more traces of her own life into her works. Inserting autobiographical encodings such as her self-portrait into her works has nothing to do with Expressionist notions of authorship. Instead, it underlines the continued social and personal element of Genzken’s work.

Image: Isa Genzken, Untitled, 2018, Adhesive tape on aluminium panel © 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Cologne/Berlin/New York. Photo: Jens Ziehe