Provenance
Galerie Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf; Private Collection, Germany
Catalogue Essay
‘In the 70s there were a lot of questionable women's exhibitions, mostly on the theme of house and home. I tried to take wool, which was viewed as a woman's material, out of this context and to rework it in a neutral process of production’. (Rosemarie Trockel in an interview with Isabelle Graw; "Rosemarie Trockel talks to Isabelle Graw - '80s Then - Interview". ArtForum. FindArticles.com) With her work Rosemarie Trockel examines the myth and the perception of ‘the female’ in the 20th century challenging and discussing stereotypes of gender roles, culture, sexuality, the human psyche and domestic work. With her work and inspired by the world around her, Rosemarie Trockel examines what constitutes ‘the female’ and its role, not only in the art but also in the domestic world. In her ‘knitting paintings’ Trockel experiments with the traditionally ‘inferior materials and skills’, like wool and knitting. For her ‘knitted paintings, she designs motives on a computer which are then re-produced by a knitting machine, simultaneously divesting them from any female interaction. These patterns are also reference to behavior patterns, which we follow and after which we function and psychological patterns, after which we act and which controls how we perceive the world around us. Belonging to the most famous group of Trockel’s work, the knitted ‘wool works’ aim to identify which perceptions of the female circulate and to examine if these are still valid in our contemporary world. While exploring these concepts from a purely female perspective, one would, however, fail to do Trockel’s work justice by classifying her as a mere feminist. She rather is a very sharp and close observer of the world around her and distances herself from systems imposing any kind of social, sexual and gender-related restrictions. In the 70s and 80s in Cologne, Rosemarie Trockel achieved to become one of the only successful female artists emerging in an art world dominated by male groups like the Mulheimer Freiheit and groups surrounding Martin Kippenberger. Over the past three decades, Rosemarie Trockel has become an internationally acclaimed and renowned artist through her multifaceted and controversial work and belongs to the most celebrated German artists of our time.

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Rosemarie Trockel

Untitled (Vogelköpfe)

1989
Knitted Wool.
99 x 199 cm (39 x 78 1/2 in).
This work is from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist’s proof.

Estimate
£150,000 - 200,000 ♠

Sold for £241,250

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27 June
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Urs Fischer
Oh, Sad, I See
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £145,250
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Jacob Kassay
Untitled
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Glenn Ligon
Stranger in the Village #8
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Ugo Rondinone
Get up girl a sun is running the world
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Urs Fischer
Thank You Fuck You
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Wade Guyton
Untitled
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self-Portrait
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Beatriz Milhazes
O Moderno
Estimate £650,000 - 750,000 ♠
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Tony Cragg
The Fanatics
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Kelley Walker
Untitled
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Sean Scully
Small Horizontal Robe
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Ilya Kabakov
A Solemn Painting
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Cecily Brown
I Will Not Paint Any More Boring Leaves (2)
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
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Andy Warhol
Mao
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Alighiero Boetti
Untitled
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Rosemarie Trockel
Untitled (Vogelköpfe)
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Beatriz Milhazes
O Conflicto
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Sold for £181,250
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Damien Hirst
Confession
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Mark Tansey
Library (of Babylon)
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Ugo Rondinone
11.September 2008
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Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Brush Pot
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Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
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Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
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Victor Vasarely
Binaire FF
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Andreas Gursky
Heidelberg Ost
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Heinz Mack
Untitled
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Marino Marini
Cavallo
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Thomas Struth
Pergamon Museum IV, Berlin
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Andy Warhol
Muhammad Ali
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George Condo
Don Diego
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Catalogue Essay

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Rosemarie Trockel

Untitled (Vogelköpfe)

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27 June
London