
Schwules Baby
1997
A towering assemblage of industrial steel and aluminium, Isa Genzken's *Schwules Baby* combines raw, utilitarian materials with a provocative tension between strength and vulnerability. The work reflects Genzken's characteristic interest in urban architecture and the human body, using hard metallic forms to explore questions of identity and social marginality. Its bold materiality and enigmatic title invite viewers to reconsider fixed categories of gender, desire, and cultural belonging.
- Medium
- steel and aluminium
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 6, 2016
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