Isa Genzken

"..you see they hung my painting here I did that in the early 1990s. People never really liked them so much back then, they thought they looked more like photographs. Actually, I was doing them when I …"

"For me personally, the greatest art to date has been created in New York and the most uptight and conventional art in Berlin. Obviously, I am an exception to this rule!"

"I tell you, wind is the most difficult thing to put into an object.. ..here it's a bit more in this next sculpture"

"'about her Basic Research Paintings': Isa Genzken in conversation with Gregor Muir, July 2015 - on Youtube"

"'Who Do You Love?' - Isa Genzken in conversation with Wolfgang Tillmans"

"Artists should not look to the left or the right. Art should be strong and nonconformist—and most importantly, art should always be personal."

"I think that photography has a lot to do with sculpture – because it is three-dimensional and because it depicts reality. For example, I have always been able to relate to photography more than to pai…"

"I had just had an operation, I was totally bored and so I just took my camera and took some pictures of myself. Out of boredom. I only realised afterwards that this work was something special. Taking …"