Isa Genzken

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Isa Genzken (b.1948) is one of Germany's most prominent sculptors Although she works in a variety of media, she is best known for her architectural sculptures made from colourful materials, including mirrored sheets, fluorescent plastic, concrete and glass Genzken is a notoriously reclusive figure, which makes her interview with Diedrich Diedrichsen of exceptional value She is of increasing relevance to an emerging generation of artistsThere is no other English-language monograph on Genzken's work. Alex Farquharson is Director of Nottingham Contemporary. As an independent curator in 2005 he organized the British Art Show 6 (Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol), and he has taught on the Curating Contemporary Art MA course at the Royal College of Art in London. His writings have been published widely in catalogues and art journals, including Frieze, Artforum and Art Monthly. Diedrich Diederichsen is the critic most closely associated with Isa Genzken, and the world expert on her work. Noted for his writings on pop music, theatre, cinema and political issues as well as art, Diederichsen’s texts have appeared in Artforum and Artscribe, among other journals. Sabine Breitwieser is a noted curator as well as the founding Director of the Generali Foundation, based in Vienna, for which she has established a renowned collection of contemporary art and curated numerous exhibitions, including a 1996 retrospective devoted to the work of Isa Genzken.

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