In “Geldbilder“, the multidisciplinary artist Isa Genzken presents new series of paintings in which employs objects from the language of capitalism to explore themes of self- and social-examination. For example, she takes money and incorporates it into her paintings. She uses the very tools of a profit-driven society in her most direct and literal engagement with its principles: Genzken disassociates money from its role as currency, and encourages an appreciation of it as a material object, as a social artefact, and for its symbolic connotations.
In this way, she speaks directly about the monetary value of art. But she also investigates about the dynamic of personal versus social anxiety, and works about the representation of the body, and of herself in particular.
Isa Genzken has long been considered one of Germany’s most important and influential contemporary artists.
When: until May, 16th
Where: Hauser & Wirth – 23 Savile Row – London W1S 2ET
