Exploring individual response to the built environment, Isa Genzken’s assemblages create suggestive space. Plinths stand as neutral development zones for spontaneous construction; anonymous towers exuding power and autonomy become laden with the intrinsically personal. In Mutter mit Kind, Genzken’s minimalist box is both domestic interior, and psychological projection. Incorporating furniture, children’s toys, and a Madonna-like image, Mutter mit Kind poses as a disrupted altar, exuding a sinister element of vulnerability and instability. The upturned chair on top doubles as a looking-glass, giving magical distortion to the fairytale figures within.