From an article on BBC: "Genzken, a creator of cryptic, grungy assemblages that employ found objects and commercial materials, is one of the most formidable artists in Europe but has never had an exhibition of this size in the United States. She has been especially influential for younger artists, on both sides of the Atlantic, and this show will introduce her perplexing sculpture to a whole new audience.
But the massive Genzken show (which tours in 2014 to Chicago and Dallas) carries even more weight than usual, because when it opens it will be one of the only full-scale exhibitions by a female artist at any of New York’s most important museums. Thanks to a combination of scheduling accidents and garden-variety sexism, male artists are occupying pretty much every major exhibition space in town, from Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim to Chris Burden at the New Museum and Balthus at the Met."
(http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131112-the-art-worlds-glass-ceiling)
While this show looks absolutely STELLAR (all her work is really strong) and it's always great to have a major retrospective of such an influential artist, the critics and media keep putting their feet in their mouths when they constantly throw the "female" or "woman" word in there -- which just perpetuates the inequality. (A talented woman having a retrospective at a big museum? how can this be? Did we mention she's a WOMAN?). [sigh].
Here's a screenshot that Wendy White posted on FB from this link: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1345
ANYWAYS, she's pretty damn good for a WOMAN, right? ;) Here are glimpses of her work -- I'd encourage everyone to look at more. She seems quite engaged with street life -- grunginess, street art, the history of abstraction and painting in general. Check it out:
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