Isa Genzken: 6 works

A slideshow of artworks auto-selected from multiple collections

By Google Arts & Culture

Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects (1986/2013) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Isa Genzken Born in Bad Oldesloe, Germany, in 1948.'

Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects (1986/2013) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Isa Genzken Born in Bad Oldesloe, Germany, in 1948. She lives and works in Berlin, Germany Isa Genzken came of age in Germany during the aftermath of World War II .'

Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects (1986/2013) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Throughout the 1970s and '80s, Genzken lived and worked amid the vibrant international art scene in the German Rhineland, where she studied--and later also taught--at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf.'

Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects (1986/2013) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Despite their formal variety, Genzken's idiosyncratic sculptures evoke to cinema's narrativity and photography's realism: her works consistently mobilize the gaze of the viewer and often incorporate everyday objects.'

Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects (1986/2013) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Genzken has made large-scale sculptures of flowers since 1988.'

Two Orchids (2015) by Isa Genzkenla Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2015

'Over the past few decades Genzken has developed a substantial number of outdoor works, several of which she presents in Realized and Unrealized Outdoor Projects at the Biennale di Venezia.'

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