ArtistsIsa Genzken
Isa Genzken

Isa Genzken

1948
WA-00003318
SculptureContemporaryPhotography
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
54
Assets Indexed
13
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Isa Genzken: VACATION
David Zwirner
2026

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 92%
  • Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%
  • BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
  • LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
  • DeceasedUnknown· 20%

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About

Why this artist matters now

Isa Genzken works in sculpture and installation across an unusually wide material range, combining concrete, plaster, wood, and textile with photography, video, and collage. Her practice resists reduction to a single form or method, accumulating everyday and industrial materials into structures that are at once provisional and architecturally assertive. Based in Berlin, she is among the most consistently inventive sculptors of her generation, with a body of work that spans several decades of formal and material reinvention.

Source: Zwirner · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement
Contemporary
Medium
Sculpture
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Artworks (3)

Artwork sources (4)

3 published of 25 catalogued · 21 with image
  • The Met
    2 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • + 2 more sources · 22 catalogued, not yet published
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Images

18 assets
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Artsy artwork: MLR (1992)
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Artsy artwork: Nofretete (2014)
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Artsy artwork: X-Ray
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Artsy artwork: Rose
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Artsy artwork: Hallelujah (Self-portrait Isa Genzken/Gerhard Richter) (2012)
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Artsy artist portrait
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Untitled (Ear) (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery
David Zwirner
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Education

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Visual Arts
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Visual Arts
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