Isa Genzken: Portraits

In response to SculptureCenter’s honoring Isa Genzken this year, the artist conceived this show around a new body of work entitled “Portraits” as a greeting to New York City on this special occasion. Incorporating photographic material, and particularly photographs of herself, has been a central component of Isa Genzken’s sculptural work throughout her œuvre, reflecting on her person through the eyes of others and placing her own figure in dialogue with figures from art history.

Here, with photographs made by friends, family, and fellow artists or collaborators — including Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kai Althoff, Benjamin Buchloh, Blixa Bargeld, et. al. — Genzken has made a series of collage-based works using the material elements that are by now key signatures in her artistic practice (mirrored surfaces, plastic foils, packing tape, spray paint, etc.).