Kate Newby – I'M ASKING

The New Zealand artist Kate Newby (b. 1979) developed a site-specific installation for Museum Folkwang. She selected the transitional area between the museum’s original building, opened in 1960, and the extension completed in 2010. Despite their different periods of construction, both buildings share the formal language of modernist architecture, characterised by clean lines, rectangular courtyards, and expansive glass façades. Glass and concrete, two defining materials of modernism, form the starting point for Newby’s work.