TROCKEL, Rosemarie; PFEFFER, Susanne (ed.)
Rosemarie Trockel

Some years after Rosemarie Trockel’s show at MMK Frankfurt, at last, here comes the catalogue! An impressive one – no, we didn’t say a doorstopper – it’s really a comprehensive overview of the work of one of the most influential German conceptual artists, including works from all creative phases, from the groundbreaking knitting pictures of the 1980s to new works created especially for the exhibition at the MMK in 2022–23. Working in a variety of media, Trockel directs her sociological gaze both at social regimes and political structures and at nature – making definitions, restrictions, paternalism, and violence due to gender visible. While scientifically sound and precise, her observations always include her own critical and sometimes humorous gaze as a vital component as she not only captures but highlights ambivalences. And well, she’s also a fantastic inventor of forms.

With texts by Valeria Gordeev, Ann-Charlotte Gunzel, Quinn Latimer, Christoph Menke, Cord Riechelmann.

Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König / MMK Frankfurt, 2026
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