"I don't know what you want to know, says Anne Imhof, three-quarters of the way into our interview. Her cautious smile, between curtains of jet black hair, changes into a sceptical pout. I have just quoted a headline at Imhof, one of Germany's most important contemporary artists, that described her 2025 New York show as a bad Balenciaga ad."
"Imhof was a cultural polymath whose shows combined etchings, paintings, dance, live music and film; a muse to fashion designers whose sporty goth aesthetic Adidas tracksuit bottoms, chunky trainers, black leather beseiged the clubs of Berlin and beyond. I built a fence around the house the Nazis built and let dogs piss on its steps' But her last sprawling mega-show, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, was met with mixed reviews in US broadsheets"
Anne Imhof rose to prominence as a multidisciplinary artist blending etchings, painting, dance, live music and film and won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Her S&M-inflected transformation of the German pavilion and sporty goth aesthetic influenced fashion and club culture. A later major show at the Park Avenue Armory received mixed mainstream reviews and sharp criticism in online journals, triggering a perceived cancellation by a younger generation. During an interview she became guarded and ended a call after saying the exchange was exhausting, later agreeing to continue by email.
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