About Isa Genzken Exhibitions and Paintings at Saatchi-gallery
Isa Genzken born 1948 in Bad Oldesloe and currently lives and works in Berlin, has Germany.Urlaub ridiculous elegance, caught between high design and Christmas party. Based on the concept of minimalist abstraction goal, the task of extending Genzken spheres of formalist purity, and the interpretation of the narrative. Entrenched in the process, Genzken's work is the result of intimate interaction with own materials, tempering the procedure of formal decision-making with the spontaneity of imaginative play. Kitsch objects such as plastic foil, figurines, and a wine glass large carry their own associative references, while operating as neutral composition elements of shape, color and texture. Urlaub oozes fantasy escapist, while maintaining a refined order, culminating as microcosm of justification vs. surreal fancy.
Isa Genzken EDUCATION:
1993-1997
• Düsseldorf Art Academy
1993-1975
• Studies in Art History and Philosophy at the University of Cologne
1971-1973
• Berlin University of Fine Arts
1969-1971
• College of Fine Arts Hamburg
SOLO SHOWS
2005
• Der Spiegel 1989-1991: Isa Genzken, The Photographers Gallery, London, UK
• Kinder Filmen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
New Work, David Zwirner, New York, NY
2004
• Wasserspeier and Angeles, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK
• China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
• International Award for Art, Culture SSK Donation of Munich, Munich, Germany
2003
• Isa Genzken, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland [catalog]
• Vampire Empire Teil II, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
• The Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
2002
• Wachsen Haare, wie sie wollen, Galerie Skulpturenprojekt Meerrettich (Josef Strau), Berlin, Germany,
• Museum Abeiberg Mönchengladbach [catalog]
• Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2001
• Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany,
• Magnani, London, UK
• Science Fiction / Crown und jetzt zufrieden sein, AC-Saal (with Wolfgang Tillmans)
• Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany [catalog]
Conclusions:
Isa Genzken has been making a name for itself with a work such as sculpture, photography, film, video, works on paper and canvas, collages and books.
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