Isa Genzken: Retrospective

Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Isa Genzken: Retrospective”, organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and the Dallas Museum of Art etc. The exhibition appears at The Museum of Modern Art from November 23, 2013-March 10, 2014; at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from April 12-August 3, 2014; and at the Dallas Museum of Art from September 14, 2014-January 4, 2015. Isa Genzken is arguably one of the most important and influential female artists of the past 30 years, yet the breadth of her achievement — which spans sculptures, paintings, photographs, collages, drawings, artist’s books, films, installations and public works — is still largely unknown in the United States. Published in conjunction with the first comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s epically diverse body of work, this publication encompasses Genzken’s work in all media and is the most complete monograph on the artist available in English. Genzken has been part of the artistic discourse since she began exhibiting in the mid-1970s, but over the last decade a new generation of artists has been inspired by her radical inventiveness. The catalogue presents Genzken’s career, through essays exploring the unfolding of her practice from 1973 until today, as well as an expansive plate section that provides a chronological overview of all her most important bodies of work and key exhibitions.