Rosemarie Trockel

(German, born 1952)

Rosemarie Trockel is a contemporary German Conceptual artist whose work challenges traditional notions of femininity, culture, and artistic production. 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. “The minute something works, it ceases to be interesting,” she said of making art. “As soon as you have spelled something out, you should set it aside.” Born in Schwerte, Germany on November 13, 1952, she studied at the Werkkunstschule in Cologne, before going on to become one the first artists to show at Monika Sprüth gallery. Trockel first rose to prominence after exhibiting her celebrated Knitted Paintings (1985) series, which were created using machine-knitted fabrics stretched onto canvas supports. Throughout these woolen surfaces, Trockel depicts generic, computer-generated imagery or, in some cases, specific historic iconography, such as the Soviet worker with a sickle and hammer. In 2012, her sprawling exhibition “Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos,” opened at the New Museum in New York, later traveling to the Serpentine Gallery in London the following year. The artist currently lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Today, her works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Kunstmuseum Basel, among others.

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Ohne Titel, 1980

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Ohne Titel, 1980

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White carrot (portfolio of 10 w/porcelain..., 1991

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White carrot (portfolio of 10 w/porcelain..., 1991

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Maschen

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Maschen

Sale Date: May 29, 2009

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Für freunde und förderer (portfolio of 5), 2004

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Für freunde und förderer (portfolio of 5), 2004

Sale Date: May 27, 2009

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Ohne titel, 1987

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Ohne titel, 1987

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Ohne Titel, 1983

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Ohne Titel, 1983

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Leo (in 3 parts), 1985

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Leo (in 3 parts), 1985

Sale Date: May 13, 2009

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Utan titel, 2002

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Utan titel, 2002

Sale Date: April 28, 2009

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Woman with Whistle, 2004

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Woman with Whistle, 2004

Sale Date: April 25, 2009

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Für freunde und förderer (portfolio of 6), 2004

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Für freunde und förderer (portfolio of 6), 2004

Sale Date: April 24, 2009

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Ohne Titel - Hundekopf (from Die Zeit heilt..., 1997

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Ohne Titel - Hundekopf (from Die Zeit heilt..., 1997

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Ohne Titel (Kopf eines bärtigen Mannes), 1992

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Ohne Titel (Kopf eines bärtigen Mannes), 1992

Sale Date: March 28, 2009

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Friedrich Nietzsche, 1992

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Friedrich Nietzsche, 1992

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Künstlerwitze, 1987

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Künstlerwitze, 1987

Sale Date: March 28, 2009

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Untitled, 1994

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Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: February 26, 2009

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Untitled-Hammer & sickle, 1986

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Untitled-Hammer & sickle, 1986

Sale Date: February 6, 2009

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Für Freunde und Förderer IV

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Für Freunde und Förderer IV

Sale Date: January 16, 2009

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Das intus Legere durch die Sondergotik, 1988

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Das intus Legere durch die Sondergotik, 1988

Sale Date: December 11, 2008

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Made in Western Germany, 1987–1991

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Made in Western Germany, 1987–1991

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Lebendes Geld (+ ex libris and book), 2005

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Lebendes Geld (+ ex libris and book), 2005

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Ohne Titel

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Ohne Titel

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Ohne Titel, 1984

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Ohne Titel, 1984

Sale Date: December 4, 2008

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Western Germany, 1988–1989

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Western Germany, 1988–1989

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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A death-row convict fled, 1992

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A death-row convict fled, 1992

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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