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Rosemarie Trockel

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Rosemarie Trockel
Born(1952-11-13)13 November 1952(age 71)
Schwerte,North Rhine-Westphalia,West Germany(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Notable workCogito Ergo Sum(1988)
AwardsWolf Prize in Arts(2011)

Rosemarie Trockel(born 13 November 1952) is a Germanconceptual artist.[1]She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked inmixed media.[2]From 1985, she made pictures usingknitting-machines.[1]She is a professor at theKunstakademie Düsseldorf,inDüsseldorfinNordrhein-Westfalen.[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Trockel was born on 13 November 1952 inSchwerte,inNordrhein-WestfaleninWest Germany.Between 1974 and 1978, she studied anthropology, mathematics, sociology and theology while also studying at theWerkkunstschuleofCologne,at a time when the influence ofJoseph Beuyswas very strong there.[1][2]

In the early 1980s, Trockel met members of the Mülheimer Freiheitartist groupfounded byJiří Georg Dokoupiland Walter Dahn, and exhibited at the women-only gallery ofMonika Sprüthin Cologne.[1][4]

Work[edit]

TheFrankfurter Engel,in Klaus Mann Platz,Frankfurt am Main;1994 cast iron

Trockel's work often criticises the work of other artists, or artistic styles such asminimal art.[5]: 252 In 1985, she began to make large-scale paintings produced on industrial knitting machines. These regularly featured geometric motifs or logos such as thePlayboy Bunnyor ahammer and sickle,and the trademark:Made in West Germany.[4]During the 1980s, she also worked for the magazineEau de Cologne,which was focused on the work of women artists.[5]: 252 

In 1994, Trockel created theFrankfurter Engelmonument for the city ofFrankfurt.[6]ForDocumentain 1997, she andCarsten Höllercollaborated on an installation in one of the exhibition's outbuildings.[7]Since the late 1990s, she has worked extensively with clay and has also continued to produce both hand and machine knitted "paintings". Several of these paintings were exhibited in a retrospective,Post-Menopause,at theMuseum Ludwigin Cologne in 2005.[5]: 252 

Amid theCOVID-19 pandemic,Trockel collaborated withBottega VenetadesignerDaniel Leeon the brand’s 2021 ad campaign[8]

Recognition[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

Trockel’s work was included in the Italian Pavilion in 2013[9]and represented Germany at theVenice Biennalein 1999;[10]she participated inDocumentain 1997 and 2012. Other exhibitions include:

Legacy[edit]

Trockel's students at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf have includedTea Jorjadze,Michail PirgelisandBettina Pousttchi.

Art market[edit]

Trockel has been represented bySprüth MagersandGladstone.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdNina Lübbren (2006).Trockel, Rosemarie.Grove Art Online.Oxford Art Online.Oxford: Oxford University Press.(subscription required).
  2. ^abTröckel, Rosemarie.Benezit Dictionary of Artists.Oxford: Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press.(subscription required).
  3. ^abRosemarie Trockel Winner of Wolf Prize in Painting / Sculpture – 2011.Wolf Foundation. Accessed September 2017.
  4. ^abcLynne Cooke (2012).Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos(exhibition catalogue). Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.ISBN9781580933469.
  5. ^abcdeMirjam Westen (2009).Rebelle: Art & Feminism 1969–2009(exhibition catalogue). Arnhem: Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem.ISBN9789072861450.
  6. ^Frankfurter Engel oder Mahnmal Homosexuellenverfolgung(in German). Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main: Abteilung Kunst im öffentlichen Raum. Accessed September 2017.
  7. ^Roberta Smith (26 September 1997),Finding Yarns in Video ImageryNew York Times.
  8. ^Samantha Conti (2 February 2021),Bottega Veneta Goes Green for Salon 01 Spring CampaignWomen's Wear Daily.
  9. ^Holland Cotter (5 June 2013),Beyond the ‘Palace,’ an International Tour in One CityNew York Times.
  10. ^Judith H. Dobrzynski (17 June 1999),In Olympics Of Art World, Anything For an EdgeNew York Times.
  11. ^Barbara Engelbach (2005).Rosemarie Trockel: Post-menopause(exhibition catalogue). Köln: Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig.ISBN9783865600097.
  12. ^Jörg Scheller (9 April 2015).Rosemarie Trockel.Frieze.Archived 28 November 2020.
  13. ^Rosemarie Trockel, Yilmaz Dziewior, Sabine Bürger, Tim Beeby, Volker Ellerbeck (2015).Märzôschnee ûnd Wiebôrweh sand am Môargô niana më(exhibition catalogue). [Bregenz]: Kunsthaus Bregenz.ISBN9783863356903.
  14. ^Matthew Rana (31 October 2018).What Is it Like to Be What You Are Not? Rosemarie Trockel's Diverse Practice.Frieze.Archived 2 November 2020.
  15. ^Iris Müller-Westermann (editor) (2019).Rosemarie Trockel: The Same Different(exhibition catalogue). Malmö: Moderna Museet Malmö; London, Köln: Koenig Books.ISBN9783960985686.
  16. ^Alex Greenberger (20 April 2023),Gladstone Gallery to Represent Painter David Salle, Poaching Him from a Blue-Chip CompetitorARTnews.

Further reading[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toRosemarie Trockel.
  • J. Koether (1987). Interview with Rosemarie Trockel.Flash Art (International)134, pages 40–42
  • Sidra Stich (editor) (1991).Rosemarie Trockel(exhibition catalogue). Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art; Berkeley: University Art Museum.
  • Birte Frenssen, Rosemarie Trockel (1998).Rosemarie Trockel, Werkgruppen 1986–1998: Köln, Brüssel, Paris, Wien I, Wien II, Opladen, Schwerte, Düren, Hamburg(exhibition catalogue). Köln: Oktagon.
  • G. Theewen (editor) (1997).Rosemarie Trockel: Herde.Köln: Salon Verlag.
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