Portraits
23 December 2016
opening reception on Wednesday,
2 November, 5-7 pm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
2 November - 23 December 2016
opening reception on Wednesday, 2 November, 5-7 pm
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.). Genzken, who has often dedicated particular art works to specific people, naming sculptures after friends, artists, or people whom she admires, focuses in this exhibition on her own image, thematizing the idea of portraiture and self-portraiture, being at once the artist and the subject. As a sound installation within the gallery space, the artist has included her 1979 record “Tri-Star”, an audio recording of a jetplane engine as it is taking off.
The 2016 SculptureCenter Annual Benefit Gala honoring Isa Genzken takes place on Wednesday, November 2nd. A portion of all proceeds from this exhibition will go to benefit SculptureCenter. For further information please visit sculpturecenter.org.
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photographs, acrylic paint, spray paint, tracing paper, pen, pencil, paper, metallic tape, plastic tape, sticker, glitter and plastic foil
95 x 74 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
spray paint, photograph, paper, sticker, pen and plastic foil
29.5 x 21 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
card, metallic tape, acrylic paint, photographs, spray paint, plastic tape, glitter and plastic foil
119 x 36 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
book, photograph, spray paint, pencil, metallic tape and plastic foil
32.5 x 42 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
book, photograph, spray paint, pencil, metallic tape and plastic foil
32.5 x 42 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
cardboard folder, photograph, spray paint, acrylic paint, paper tape, pen, sticker and plastic foil
32 x 46.5 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photograph mounted on foam care,
acrylic paint and plastic foil
106 x 80 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photograph, paper tape, acrylic paint, pencil, metallic tape and plastic foil
31 x 42 cm
Isa Genzken
“Geldbild X”, 2014
bills, coins on primed canvas
60 x 60 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
paper, spray paint, sticker, metallic tape, paper tape, plastic tape, photographs, acrylic paint, bank notes and plastic foil
93 x 95 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photographs, card, spray paint, metallic tape, paper tape, plastic tape, acrylic paint and plastic foil
135 x 75 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
cardboard folder, photographs, spray paint, acrylic paint, bull clip, plasic tape, pen, plastic zip ties, stickers, bubble wrap and plastic foil
65 x 70 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
cardboard folder, photographs, spray paint, acrylic paint, bull clip, plasic tape, pen, plastic zip ties, stickers, bubble wrap and plastic foil
65 x 70 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photographs, spray paint, paper tape, plastic tape, paper, stickers, acrylic paint and plastic foil
66.5 x 74 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
paper, spray paint, metallic tape,
paper tape, plastic tape, photographs, acrylic paint and plastic foil
148 x 106 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
metal dibond board, photograph,
plastic tape, spray paint, neckless and plastic foil
40 x 60 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
book, paper, spray paint, metallic tape, paper tape, plastic tape, photographs, acrylic paint, sticker, bank note and plastic foil
102 x 84 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photograph, acrylic paint, plastic tape, metallic tape, pencil, spray paint, foam and plastic foil
106 x 75 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
spray paint, photograph, acrylic paint, felt-tip pen, paper tape and plastic foil
29.5 x 32.5 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photographs, glitter, paper tape, metallic tape, plastic tape, acrylic paint, bank coin, card, paper and plastic foil
99 x 95 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2016
photographs, metical tape, acrylic paint, spray paint, stickers, plastic tape and plastic foil
126 x 51 cm
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Portraits
installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2016
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2015
mirror foil, newsprint, canvas
101 x 73 cm
Isa Genzken
“Hallelujah (Self-portrait Isa Genzken/Gerhard Richter)”, 2012
paper, wallpaper, foil, photograph,
mirror foil, lacquer
191 x 70 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2012
wrapping paper, colour prints, cotton photographs, perspex, mirror foil, paper, tape, acrylic paint and plastic foil
202 x 140.5 x 9 cm
Isa Genzken
Untitled, 2012
wrapping paper, colour prints, cotton photographs, perspex, mirror foil, paper, tape, acrylic paint and plastic foil
202 x 140.5 x 9 cm