Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Weltempfänger (multi-band radio receiver), 1982

Ready-made

37 x 51 x 20 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Entwurf für ‘Verladebrücke’, 1984

felt pen and pencil on paper

21 x 29.7 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

More Light Research, 1992

lacquer on wood

44 x 43 cm

More Light Research, 1992

lacquer on canvas

35 x 40 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Fotos USA-Reise (Photo USA-Trip), 1977

ring binder with 113 colour photographs, 60 pages

31.5 x 28.5 x 8 cm

Tor für Amsterdam (Gate for Amsterdam), 1988

Model, 2015, scale 1:200

plaster, plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

160 x 50 x 70 cm

plinth: 120 (H) x 50 x 30 cm

Project for Amsterdam, highway, on the occasion of the public competition ‘Amsterdam City Gates’, commissioned by the city of Amsterdam.

Tulpen (Tulips), 1988

Model, 2015, scale 1:200

plastic, acrylic paint, wood

160 x 50 x 70 cm

plinth: 120 (H) x 50 x 30 cm

Project for Amsterdam, highway, on the occasion of the public competition ‘Amsterdam City Gates’, commissioned by the city of Amsterdam.

Untitled, c. 1981

photograph, ink, pencil, and collage on paper

38.7 x 23.9 cm

Modell für eine Gartenskulptur, 1986

concrete

plinth: 140,5 x 44,5 x 41 cm

concrete: 42 x 38 x 32 cm

combined: 182.5 x 44.5 x 40 cm

Untitled, 1985

ink on grid paper

29 x 21 cm

(framed: 41.2 x 32.4 x 2.8 cm)

Untitled (Gartenskulptur), 1986

photo-collage mounted to card

21 x 29.7 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Modell für eine Gartenskulptur, 1986

concrete

plinth: 140,5 x 44,5 x 41 cm

concrete: 42 x 38 x 32 cm

combined: 182.5 x 44.5 x 40 cm

Untitled (Gartenskulptur), 1986

photo-collage mounted to card

21 x 29.7 cm

Untitled, 1985

ink on grid paper

29 x 21 cm

Untitled, 1987

ink and ball point pen on paper

29.5 x 20.8 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Pavillon II, 1989

concrete, bricks, steel

184 x 47 x 45 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 1985

pencil and felt pen on paper

29.5 x 20.8 cm

(framed: 41.2 x 32.4 x 2.8 cm)

Sketch for ‘ABC’, Münster, 1987

felt pen on paper

8.9 x 8.9 cm

(framed: 31.2 x 31.2 x 2.8 cm)

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 1985

pencil and felt pen on paper

29.5 x 20.8 cm

Sketch for ‘ABC’, Münster, 1987

felt pen on paper

8.9 x 8.9 cm

ABC, 1987

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

152 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Münster, University Library, on the occasion of ‘Skulptur Projekte Münster 1987’.

Concrete, steel

1485 x 1120 x 40 cm

 Untitled (ABC), n.d. (ca. 1986/1987)

pencil, correction fluid, photocopy, and collage on paper

29.7 x 30.5 cm

Untitled (ABC), n.d. (ca. 1986/1987)

pencil, correction fluid, photocopy, and collage on paper

29.7 x 34 cm

Untitled (ABC), n.d. (ca. 1986/1987)

pencil, correction fluid, photocopy, and collage on paper

29.7 x 30.5 cm

Untitled (ABC), n.d. (ca. 1986/1987)

pencil, correction fluid, photocopy, and collage on paper

29.7 x 33 cm

Untitled (ABC), n.d. (ca. 1986/1987)

pencil and correction fluid on photocopy

29.7 x 21 cm

Weltempfänger (World Receiver), 1987

concrete, antenna

concrete block: 15.5 x 24 x 4 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Fenster, Venloer Straße, 1988

Model, 2015, scale 1:50

plastic, acrylic paint, metal, acrylic glass, wood

176 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for the facade of Galerie Buchholz, Venloer Str. 21, Cologne.

Ring, 1988

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

158 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Rotterdam, Mauritsplaats, on the occasion of ‘Rotterdam ‘88 - sculpture in the city/the city as a stage’.

Steel ring

 ⌀ 2025 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Reck (Exercise Bar), 1989 

Model, 2015, scale 1:200

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

144 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Proposal for the Münster Regional Court, for a public call for entries by the city of Münster.

More Light Research, 1992

lacquer on canvas

125 x 92 x 3 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Wäscheleine für Frankfurt (Washing Line for Frankfurt), 1991

Model, 2015, scale 1:500

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

145 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Proposal for the Frankfurt financial district, contribution to the publication ‘Jahresring 38: Der öffentliche Blick (The Public Eye)’.

Two Lines, 1991

Model, 2015, scale 1:250

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

147 x 95 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 59 x 35 cm

Toronto, Ontario, York University, on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Crossroads’, The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto. Realized for the duration of the exhibition.

Nylon cable

Spiegel (Mirror), 1992

Model, 2015, scale 1:200

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

140 x 70 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 50 x 35 cm

Bielefeld, Willy-Brandt-Platz, competition for the embellishment of the town hall (realized).

Galvanized steel

3000 x 2000 x 3900 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Camera, 1990

Model, 2015, scale 1:50

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

160 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Brussels, rue du Canal 11/13 (realized).

Steel

520 x 418 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

X, 1994

Model, 2015, scale 1:10

plaster, plastic, acrylic paint, wood

153 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Munich, Arnulfstraße (realized).

Concrete

300 x 240 x 240 cm 

More Light Research, 1992

lacquer on canvas

70 x 80 cm

Chicago Drive, 1992

DVD transfered from 16mm film, colour, sound

26 min. 44 sec.

still

Deutsche Bank Proposal, 2000, 2015

Model, 2015, scale 1:250

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

270 x 80 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for New York, former AT&T building.

Untitled (Deutsche Bank Proposal), ca. 2000

collage, photograph on magazine page

30.5 x 21.9 cm

(framed: 38 x 29.3 x 2.8 cm)

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled (Deutsche Bank Proposal), ca. 2000

collage, photograph on magazine page

30.5 x 21.9 cm

Deutsche Bank Proposal, 2000

Model, 2015, scale 1:250

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

270 x 80 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for New York, former AT&T building.

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Ohr (Ear), 2002

Model, 2015, scale 1:50

plastic, acrylic paint, metal, wood

146 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Innsbruck, Town Hall (realized).

Digital print on high performance foil

580 x 390 cm 

Ohr (Ear), 1980

chromogenic color print in artist’s frame

71 x 50 cm

(framed: 71.8 x 51.8 x 2 cm)

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

I Love New York, Crazy City, 1995/1996

3 collaged artist books

cardboard, printed paper, newsprint, photographs, holographic foil, stickers, adhesive tape, fabric tape, ball point pen

each 39 x 30.5 x 7.5 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Isa vor Sound Factory, 1995

c-print

40.6 x 30.5 cm

Wir haben so mit dir gerechnet, 1991

water-based paint, crayon and pencil on paper, thick glossy

paper, collage

70.7 x 70 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Fenster (Window), 1998

Model, 2015, scale 1:20

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

162 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Deurle, next to Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens on the occasion of the Isa Genzken exhibition there (realized).

Steel

800 x 1000 cm

Untitled (Model for Window, Knokke-Heist), ca. 1999

color photocopy

Untitled (Model for Window, Knokke-Heist), ca. 1999

foil and ink on color photocopy

Untitled (Model for Window, Knokke-Heist), ca. 1999

ink on color photocopy

Untitled (Model for Window, Knokke-Heist), ca. 1999

ball point pen and pencil on paper

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Atelierfenster (Studio Window), 1999

Model, 2015, scale 1:50

plastic, acrylic paint, metal, wood

153 x 70 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 50 x 35 cm

Project for Almere, on the occasion of ‚Eingeladen / Uitgenodigd‘ at the Almeers Centrum Hedendaagse Kunst, De Paviljoens, Almere.

Model for Tetrahedral Pyramid, 2012

mirror Plexiglas, mirror, metal, acrylic, wood

8,9 x 20,3 x 20,3 cm

Untitled, 2026

concrete, fully dyed

76.2 × 109.7 × 72.9 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2026

concrete, fully dyed

76.2 × 109.7 × 72.9 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2026

concrete, fully dyed

76.2 × 109.7 × 72.9 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Haare wachsen, wie sie wollen (Hair that grows at its will), 2002

Model, 2015, scale 1:20

plastic, acrylic paint, wood

142 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Berlin, Galerie Meerrettich (Josef Strau), Glaspavillon an der Volksbühne, Berlin 2002 (realized).

Bamboo sticks, wood

dimensions variable

Isa Genzken, 1993

unframed inkjet print on paper, clips

207 x 138 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Isa Genzken, 1993

unframed inkjet print on paper, clips

207 x 138 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2001

wood, photographs, holographic foil, mirror foil, tape

261 x 30 x 28 cm

New York, N.Y., 1998 - 2000

15 parts: 2 b/w photographs and 13 colour photographs

60 x 40 cm

(framed, each 61.6 x 41.6 x 2.4 cm)

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

New York, N.Y., 1998 - 2000

15 parts: 2 b/w photographs and 13 colour photographs

60 x 40 cm

(framed, each 61.6 x 41.6 x 2.4 cm)

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2001

wood, photographs, holographic foil, mirror foil, tape

261 x 30 x 28 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2001

wood, photographs, holographic foil, mirror foil, tape

261 x 30 x 28 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

New York, N.Y., 1998 - 2000

6 parts, 5 b/w photographs and 1 colour photograph

each 60 x 40 cm

(framed, each 61.6 x 41.6 x 2.4 cm)

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled (Macy’s Parade, 2007/2017), 2015

Model, 2015, scale 1:75

plastic, acrylic paint, metal, wood

153 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for Münster, on the occasion of ‘skulptur projekte münster 07’ and ‘Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017’.

Untitled, 2006

4 crutches, plastic, foil, lacquer

107 x 35 x 39 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Untitled, 2007

Model, 2015, scale 1:50

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

164 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Münster, near Liebfrauen-Überwasserkirche on the occasion of ‘Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007’ (realized).

12 objects, mixed media, dimensions variable

Untitled, 2006

2 walker frames, 1 steel helmet, 1 plastic helmet, doll, tin can,

lacquer

97 x 130 x 80 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

OIL, 2007

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

140 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Venice, German Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale (realized).

Scaffold, construction site net, six painted plaster reliefs

dimensions variable

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Vollmond (Fullmoon), 1997

Model, 2015, scale 1:75

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood, LED

150 x 50 x 95 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 60 cm

Outdoor Project Münster, 1997 (realized).

Steel, frosted glass, lighting

height 1400 cm, diameter 250 cm

New Buildings for Berlin, 2003

2 parts, glass, epoxy resin, wood

each part 224 x 45 x 45 cm

plinths each 138.2 x 30 x 32 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

MoMA, 2013

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, acrylic paint, wood

168 x 60 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 50 x 35 cm

Project for New York, facade of the Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of the Isa Genzken retrospective.

MoMA, 2013

coloured photo prints and card collaged on architectural outline of the facade of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

91.5 x 128 cm

Projects for Outside

ISA USA

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Brücke, Das ist die Berliner Luft, Luft, Luft …, 2000

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

140 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for Berlin, public competition for a new bridge near the city hall.

Note, 2000

aluminium, lacquer

58 x 15 x 6 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Brücke, Das ist die Berliner Luft, Luft, Luft …, 2000

Model, 2015, scale 1:100

plastic, metal, acrylic paint, wood

140 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Project for Berlin, public competition for a new bridge near the city hall.

Note, 2000

aluminium, lacquer

58 x 15 x 6 cm

Lighted Branches, 2004

Model, 2015, scale 1:75

plastic, acrylic paint, metal, wood, LEDs

152 x 50 x 50 cm

plinth: 120 x 35 x 35 cm

Braunschweig, on the occasion of ‘Braunschweig Parcours’ (realized).

Branches, phosphorescent paint

Disco‚ Soon (Ground Zero), 2008

cardboard, plastic, mirror, spray paint, acrylic, metal, textile ribbons, light ropes, mirror foil, colour print on paper, MDF, casters

219 x 205 x 165 cm

Fuck Them All, 2016

with Total Freedom

Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Ltd

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Disco‚ Soon (Ground Zero), 2008

cardboard, plastic, mirror, spray paint, acrylic, metal, textile ribbons, light ropes, mirror foil, colour print on paper, MDF, casters

219 x 205 x 165 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Disco‚ Soon (Ground Zero), 2008

cardboard, plastic, mirror, spray paint, acrylic, metal, textile ribbons, light ropes, mirror foil, colour print on paper, MDF, casters

219 x 205 x 165 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Disco‚ Soon (Ground Zero), 2008

cardboard, plastic, mirror, spray paint, acrylic, metal, textile ribbons, light ropes, mirror foil, colour print on paper, MDF, casters

219 x 205 x 165 cm

Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026

Ground Zero, 2007/2008

digital film, colour, with new soundtrack by Ashland Mines, 2026

6 min. 18 sec.

still