Primarily known as a sculptor, Berlin-based Isa Genzken has explored collage, painting, photography, and other media over her 30-year career to express ideas that reference architecture, modernism, and art history. Genzken hit the ground running with her first solo show of minimal floor sculptures at the prestigious Konrad Fischer Galerie in 1976, while still studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and has remained at the forefront of the avant-garde ever since. Phaidon's superbly illustrated monograph presents the evolution of Genzken's work, from its minimalist origins to its current Baroque exuberance, with essays and interviews from scholars and friends, including critic Diedrich Diedrichsen and photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. Noted curator Alex Farquharson charts the development of Genzken's oeuvre through a discussion of materials, process, and context, citing the influence of New York's architecture and colorful street style on her recent mixed-media columns and assemblages.

Isa Genzken represents Germany at the 52nd Venice Biennale from June 10 to November 21 and participates in Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 from June 16 through September 30.