David levene t here is a giant crab in the serpentine gallery, a metre from claw to claw. Rosemarie trockel and the body of society janet kraynak. Rosemarie trockel born november 1952, schwerte, west germany is a german artist. Her drawings, collages and book drafts are an extremely impressive, challenging and provocative body of work. Never intended to be realized, these design sketches have become central to her practice as exercises for working through creative impasses. She became prominent in the mid 1980s with her now famous knitted pictures. Talbot rice gallerys current exhibition on the particularly significant place of german artist rosemarie trockel in contemporary art eschews her multifaceted work in film, sculpture and painting and begins with a meticulous survey on her considerable use of drawing, collage and sketch book drafts. Rosemarie trockel drawings, collages and book drafts.
Rosemarie trockel born november 1952 is a german conceptual artist. Rosemarie trockel at kunstmuseum basel through september 2010. Rosemarie trockel and works from torino collections. The artist often addresses feminist issues, challenging and establishing theories of sexuality, culture, and artistic production. Rosemarie trockel s splintered practice deliberately defies easy reading. Provocative exhibition from rosemarie trockel both. A cosmos at serpentine gallery, london, aesthetica, february 20. Printed cover and ballpoint pen on paper with spiral binding. Reflecting her view of the art world as maledominated, trockels works can be selfconsciously ironic, exemplified by her series of machinemade balaklavas featuring. View auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues. See available prints and multiples, works on paper, and paintings for sale and.
Rosemarie trockels splintered practice deliberately defies easy reading. The materials she exploits are wildly divergent, from drawing, bookmaking, installation and video to her feminist knitted drawings for which she is arguably best known. Aesthetica magazine rosemarie trockels new modes of. Rosemarie trockel, drawings, collages and book drafts, talbot. Today trockel is highly regarded internationally and has won several awards for her sophisticated practice. Nov 08, 2012 rosemarie trockel s ceramic room 2012, centre, with replace me 2011 and, right, made in china 2012. An exhibition created in collaboration with the kunstmuseum basel and kunstmuseum bonn showcasing a selection of the large body of paper. This exhibition of new work by the internationally admired german conceptualist rosemarie trockel has three parts, one good, two not. Rosemarie trockel and the body of society janet kraynak, 2014. Rosemarie trockels book drafts gregory williams questioning the middle. Rosemarie trockel is a contemporary german conceptual artist whose work challenges traditional notions of femininity, culture, and artistic production. Issues including a concern with natural history, the creative expression of diverse species, and the representation and role of women in contemporary culture fuel her work.
Verfl ussigung is a word rosemarie trockel has sometimes used to name an. See more ideas about artwork images, art and textile world. Trockel is perhaps best known for her knit canvases of the mid1980s, in which lengths of knitted wool patterned with political and consumer motifs such as the hammer and sickle or the playboy bunny were hung on stretchers to resemble conventional paintings. Jan 31, 20 since the late 1970s, rosemarie trockel, a german artist based in cologne. Rosemarie trockel quotes on her birthday artnet news. Since the 1970s, trockel has produced more than 150 book drafts. Provocative exhibition from rosemarie trockel both haunting. Rosemarie trockel paare, leopoldhoesch museum, duren, germany rosemarie trockel, staatsgalerie, stuttgart, germanyrosemarie trockel, galerie helga maria klosterfelde, hamburg, germany rosemarie trockel. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Rosemarie trockel is one of the most influential german contemporary artists, internationally renowned for her complex and controversial works. Drafts for books, 19851995 within rosemarie trockels as if not approach there is one additional moment from spleen to consider. Rosemarie trockel, drawings, collages, book drafts, talbot rice gallery, university of edinburgh. Displayed in a small corner of the dia exhibition was a vitrine presentation of book cover proposals shown for the first time.
The german artist rosemarie trockel born 1952 adapts a variety of media to address contentious matters of gender. Rosemarie trockel is one of the most influential german contemporary. Rosemarie trockel a cosmos by patricia dominguez issuu. German conceptual artist rosemarie trockel explores feminist and cultural themes using a wide array of mediums, from drawings on paper to elaborate, mechanized installations. Rosemarie trockel is one of germanys leading contemporary artists. Picking up chronologically where the book drafts left off, these nineteen works, made between 2006 and 2012, range from small material investigations to largerthanlifesize architectural interventions. Drawings, collages and book drafts, talbot rice gallery, edingburgh 2010. Rosemarie trockels collages since 2004 anita haldemann.
Rosemarie trockel drawings, collages, and book drafts. She teaches at the kunstakademie dusseldorf art splash. Jeanchristophe ammann, kay heymer trockel, rosemarie, 1952 book. An exhibition created in collaboration with the kunstmuseum basel and kunstmuseum bonn showcasing a. The act of designing a book cover appeals to her in these moments. Rosemarie trockels ceramic room 2012, centre, with replace me 2011 and, right, made in china 2012. Laughter and malice in rosemarie trockels houses for animals. Since the 1970s, at moments of creative impasse trockel has produced some two hundred drawings and collages known collectively as book drafts, a series that began as a fruitful way to overcome procrastination. Rosemarie trockel by lesso, rosie art monthly, issue 344.
Her early knitting pictures are an example of such. Preliminary study 1989 by rosemarie trockel, via kunstmuseum basel. This provocative exhibition of rosemarie trockels works on paper is at once haunting and unnerving. Rosemarie trockel by lesso, rosie art monthly, issue. Rosemarie trockel at the talbot rice the university of. Schreier, brigid doherty, gregory williams, rosemarie trockel. Currently showing at kunstmuseum basel, switzerland through september 5 th, 2010, is an exhibition of works by german artist rosemarie trockel. A select group of trockels ceramics rounded out the fourth floorthe only section of the exhibition not shared with other artists. Drawings, collages, and book drafts, exhibition catalogue.
Since the late 1970s, rosemarie trockel, a german artist based in cologne. Talbot rice gallery edinburgh 29 january to 30 april. In a typically wry, feminist twist on the trauma of a midcareer retrospective, rosemarie trockel named her current exhibition at the ludwig museum postmenopause. Employing a wide range of materials, including video, ceramics, drawing, found artifacts, and knitted works, the artist raises questions of politics, domesticity, eroticism, and fantasy. Trockel herself presents a variety of extraordinary works, such as a photocollage of a tattered book opening like a flower against a background of puddled ink, a big dishshaped ceramic sculpture. Drawings, collages and book drafts play an important role in her comprehensive oeuvre including ceramic objects, videos and installations. Rosemarie trockel drawings, collages and book drafts talbot rice gallery until 30th april.
A cosmos hardcover october 23, 2012 by lynne cooke author 5. Rosemarie trockel biography rosemarie trockel on artnet. Rosemarie trockel, drawings, collages, book drafts, kunstmuseum basel, basel, switzerland traveled to. Rosemarie trockel born november is a german artist and an important figure in international contemporary art. Rosemarie trockel 1952 germany is an artist born in 1952 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1989, at lempertz, and the most recent auction result is a printmultiple sold in 2020. At the heart of this extensive survey of rosemarie trockels works on. Rosemarie trockels upsidedown palm tree, untitled plastic, 2011 at the serpentine. Trockel herself presents a variety of extraordinary works, such as a photocollage of a tattered book opening like a flower against a background of puddled ink, a. Drawings, collages and book drafts, talbot rice gallery. Rosemarie trockel s collages since 2004 anita haldemann.
On leaving her exhibition flagrant delight at wiels, i felt an overwhelming sense of absence. Drawings, collages and book drafts presents almost 200 works at the talbot rice gallery, university of edinburgh. From 1985 she made pictures using knittingmachines. Drawings, collages and book drafts is the largest display of trockels works on paper to date. Benoit pailley in one glass case we see figures of birds by james castle, the. Reflecting her view of the art world as maledominated, trockels works can be selfconsciously ironic, exemplified by her series of machinemade balaklavas featuring symbols and logos such as the cross and the playboy. The works of which moma owns fifty usually take the form of a book coversometimes with actual pages inside, sometimes simply a folded piece of paperdecorated with a title graphic and often accompanied by a drawing, collage, or found photograph or photocopy.
Advance publicity referred to the show simply as menopause and so do the accompanying catalogue texts, suggesting an eleventhhour switch as the book. Rosemarie trockel drawings, collages, and book drafts kunstmuseum basel go see switzerland. Feb 16, 20 rosemarie trockel s upsidedown palm tree, untitled plastic, 2011 at the serpentine. Rosemarie trockel, drawings, collages and book drafts. Trockel is an artist for whom ephemera, preliminary studies and drafts are a mode of operating rather than a mode of preparation. The exhibition is a partnership between talbot rice gallery, kunstmuseum basel and kunstmuseum bonn. Rosemarie trockel, replace me, 2011, acrystal, steel. Fifty drawings in various mediums, including pencil, ink, and collage. Trockel, rosemarie 1952 people and organisations trove. Due to the scale of the exhibition, which features nearly 200 drawings, collages and book drafts, it is hung in all rooms of the gallery. Rosemarie trockel s book drafts gregory williams questioning the middle. She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked in mixed media. The unrealized and inconclusive quality of the book drafts also sets the. In 1983 she had her first solo shows at the monika spruth galerie, cologne, and the galerie philomene magers, bonn.
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