16. Anne Imhof

For German artist Anne Imhof, the human body is a tool, canvas and concept. Her work spans painting, drawing, film, music, installation, sculpture and architectural intervention, as well as performances in which disciplines may intersect. Based in Frankfurt and Paris, she has spent a decade probing the intensity of isolation, fetishising consumer culture, and imitating the motifs of neoliberalism. Awarded the Golden Lion at 2017’s Venice Biennale, she is currently taking over Paris’ Palais de Tokyo with ‘Natures Mortes’ (right, until 24 October), where a glass maze disorientates and a polyphonic soundtrack impales the senses. Also on is ‘Sex’ at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’arte Contemporanea (until 7 November). She’s said of her choreography: ‘It’s basically the thoughts of the people that are performing in it that, in the end, shape it.’ spruethmagers.com