Magazine: Isa Genzken is the most influential artist of 2023
Shortly before her 75th birthday on November 27, the art magazine "Monopol" named Berlin-based Isa Genzken the most influential artist of the year. Genzken is "a role model for younger artists around the world", according to the magazine in its ranking of the 100 most influential personalities in the art world in 2023, published on Tuesday.
"The more their randomly arranged assemblages and installations of shiny everyday materials, designer fashion, mirror foil and adhesive tape become generally accepted as an extension of sculpture, the more unmistakable the original will become," writes the magazine in its December issue, which will be published on Friday (November 24).
In second place, "Monopol" does not see a person, but artificial intelligence. "AI permeates every aspect of everyday life and touches the very heart of human existence and identity: how are we supposed to distinguish the real from the fake from now on?", says the magazine.
With Rosemarie Trockel ("Monopol": "Can feminism be more clever?") in 8th place, Hito Steyerl ("The themes of the present on the screen") in 10th place and the choreographer and theater maker Florentina Holzinger ("Projects guarantee great evenings") in 14th place, "Monopol" has other famous women's names high up in the ranking.
Museum makers include Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung from the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin (5th), Max Hollein (7th), Director of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and Klaus Biesenbach (12th), Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
People worldwide look up to Isa Genzken as a role model, following her recognition as the most influential artist of 2023 by the prestigious art magazine "Monopol." The media buzz around her random assemblages and installations using shiny everyday materials, designer fashion, mirror foil, and adhesive tape has led to discussions about the blurred lines between real art and replication, potentially championing her for Art Awards in the future.
Source: www.dpa.com
