A cosmos has been organized by massimiliano gioni, associate director and director of exhibitions, and jenny moore, associate curator, in collaboration with rosemarie trockel and lynne cooke, chief curator. Artist rosemarie trockels exhibition, a cosmos, takes bonkers to a new level amy dawson for metro monday 18 feb 20 6. Displayed in a small corner of the dia exhibition was a vitrine presentation of book cover proposals shown for the first time. A cosmos before it opens to the public on october 24. You can feel the unevenness in the way that crowds linger then. A new retrospective by cologne artist rosemarie trockel showcases her weird, wacky and wideranging work alongside that of other artists. In accordance with that established by the competent authorities to contain the coronavirus covid19, all museo reina sofia sites will be closed to the public temporarily from 12 march, until further notice.
Many of the objects and artworks, selected by trockel in dialogue with curator lynne cooke, produced a context for the artists work within other fields of inquiry, such as the natural sciences and natural history. Oct 23, 2012 the german artist rosemarie trockel has gained international renown for a multifaceted practice encompassing painting, sculpture, video, and drawing. Rosemarie trockel is an artist who enjoys experimenting with many different styles. Parallel to the exhibition a cosmos in madrid, new york, and london 201220, a solo exhibition, flagrant delight, was presented at wiels, brussels, culturegest, lisbon, and the museion bozen. A cosmos at the new museum brims with subtle, sly, shapeshifting work. Rosemarie trockel melds natural and art history canadian art. A cosmos, the first major exhibition in north america devoted to the german artist. Feb 16, 20 it is certainly true that rosemarie trockel. A cosmos, which filled three floors of the new museum with hundreds of artworks. A cosmos presents many other names, among them the selftaught bird collagist james castle, and the cameraman ladislaw starewicz who made the quaint. Rosemarie trockel is a contemporary german conceptual artist whose work challenges traditional notions of femininity, culture, and artistic production. For over thirty years trockel has deflected any identifiable stylistic signature. Rosemarie trockel was born in schwerte federal republic of germany in 1952.
She is a professor at the kunstakademie dusseldorf, in dusseldorf in nordrheinwestfalen. Within rosemarie trockels as if not approach there is one additional moment from spleen to consider. Rosemarie trockel has long been admired for her highly independent and influential practice. A cosmos, which was held at the new museum in new york rosemarie trockel installation view.
A cosmos presents an imaginary universe in which trockels own artwork from the past thirty years is juxtaposed with objects and artifacts from different eras and cultures that map many of her artistic interests. In 2012 the new museum, new york, organized a major exhibition of trockels artworks, curated by lynn cooke, entitled rosemarie trockel. Rosemarie trockel a cosmos by patricia dominguez issuu. The result is an exploration of varying disciplines. The german artist rosemarie trockel born 1952 adapts a variety of media to address contentious matters of gender.
A cosmos at serpentine gallery, london, aesthetica, february 20. The german artist rosemarie trockel has gained international renown for a multifaceted practice encompassing painting, sculpture, video, and drawing. She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked in mixed media. Central to the exhibition are a number of core works, including her logo blankets as well. Rosemarie trockel a cosmos of dark humour serpentine. Feb 18, 20 artist rosemarie trockels exhibition, a cosmos, takes bonkers to a new level amy dawson for metro monday 18 feb 20 6. German conceptual artist rosemarie trockel explores feminist and cultural themes using a wide array of mediums, from drawings on paper to elaborate, mechanized installations. 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. Jan 01, 20 in an especially compelling sight line offered by rosemarie trockel.
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. Hence this fascinating show mixing her own works with those of her numerous. Her art explores various work methods and materials, thus eluding stylistic. Rosemarie trockels disturbing exhibition, a cosmos, is worth. Lisa phillips, toby devan lewis director, new museum, said, rosemarie trockel is one of the leading artists of her generation and most respected german artists of the past forty years. Be sure to read the little title placards at rosemarie trockel. It is therefore no easy task to summarize the contents and themes of the survey exhibition rosemarie trockel. 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. Rosemary trockel a cosmos oxfam gb oxfams online shop. Rosemarie trockel born november, 1952, german artist. The german artist rosemarie trockel has gained international renown for a multifaceted practice encompassing painting, sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include a cosmos serpentine gallery, london 20, rosemarie trockel.
Rosemarie trockel born november 1952 is a german conceptual artist. Rosemarie trockel artist bio and art for sale artspace. The artist rosemarie trockel mixes objects and images by herself and others in a show at the new museum that seems to blow art history. Rosemarie trockels more recent wool paintings, from 20, combine both horizontal and vertical stripes of colour, resembling the formal compositions of twentiethcentury abstract painting. A cosmos, one can simultaneously take in a humongous preserved lobster, a sleek, jetenginelike aluminum sculpture by the somewhatforgotten parisian artist ruth francken, and three modest gestural abstractions painted by an orangutan named tilda. Taking you to some of the most significant art exhibitions around the world. A cosmos presents an imaginary universe in which trockels own artwork from the past thirty years is juxtaposed with. Rosemarie trockel, the museum of contemporary art, nykytaiteen museo kiasma, helsinki rosemarie trockel. Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition rosemarie trockel.
Rosemarie trockel a cosmos at the new musem, new york. There are miniature books densely inked with drawings of camels and dogs, and a huge print of a flamingo bent double like some freakish hairpin. Rosemarie trockel 1952 is included il palazzo enciclopedico, 55th venice biennial where in 1999 she presented her work at the german pavilion. Flagrant delight museion, bolanzo, italy 20, a cosmos new museum, new york and reina sofia, madrid 2012, flagrant delight weils, centre dart contemporain, brussels 2012, and rosemarie trockel. A cosmos reflected rosemarie trockels interest in creating a space for ideas to exist between different disciplines, past and present. Rosemarie trockel, footnotes, booklet included in the artists book jedes tier ist. A cosmos presents many other names, among them the selftaught bird collagist james castle, and the. From 1985 she made pictures using knittingmachines. Reflecting her view of the art world as maledominated, trockels works can be selfconsciously ironic, exemplified by her series of machinemade balaklavas featuring. In an especially compelling sight line offered by rosemarie trockel. Trockel herself presents a variety of extraordinary works, such as a photocollage of a tattered book opening like a flower against a background.
Jan 31, 20 it is therefore no easy task to summarize the contents and themes of the survey exhibition rosemarie trockel. In her retrospective exhibition titled a cosmos she places her work in the company of others, mainly outsider artists. Rosemarie trockels disturbing exhibition, a cosmos, is. A cosmosa world shaped by trockels ideas and affinitiesis. A cosmos hardcover 2012 author lynne cooke skip to main content. Rosemarie trockel and lynne cooke rosemarie trockel schwerte, germany, 1952 appears in the german art scene, largely dominated by men, in the 1970s. Rosemarie trockel was born in 1952 in schwerte, germany, and currently lives and works in cologne. In 2012, trockels work was featured in a major retrospective exhibition called rosemarie trockel. In this exhibition the german artist rosemarie trockel schwerte, 1952, long been admired for her highly independent, even intrepid, exploration of certain fundamental questions, places her work in the company of others whom she regards as kindred spirits.
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. Central to a cosmos were a number of core works by the artist, including new works never seen before in the. Discover book depositorys huge selection of rosemarie trockel books online. This slippery artist was never going to do a retrospective the normal way. She studied art between 1974 and 1978 at werkkunstschule in cologne, where she currently lives and works, teaching at the kunstakademie in dusseldorf.
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