An internationally acclaimed artist, yet still a bit foreign to many New Yorkers, the L.A. based McCarthy creates a provocative set with graphic content that is not new to his work, and, according to curator Hans - Ulrich Obrist and Alex Poots, the new Artistic Director of the Armory, WS is a «
true Gesamtkunstwerk» or «total artwork.»
Genzken, a former fashion model and the ex-wife of art - world demigod Gerhard Richter, is endlessly prolific in her efforts to create
a true Gesamtkunstwerk — a «total art» that synthesis multiple forms of expression.