Artist 2000 from the portfolio Art
Rosemarie Trockel
German, born 1952
1999
An etching by Rosemarie Trockel that uses repeated vertical bands of pale pink to create a vibrating, partially hidden abstract form, testing repetition and visual ambiguity within a print.
Up close the evenly spaced stripes read as fragile drips and interruptions, but from a distance the irregular gaps resolve into a wavering silhouette that seems to appear and disappear.
By compressing Minimalist seriality and an industrial-looking process into a quiet, subversive image, this print links printmaking to feminist and conceptual challenges to craft, authorship, and surface.
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
composition 31 5/8 x 22 3/8" (80.3 x 56.9 cm)
sheet 31 5/8 x 22 3/8" (80 x 56.9 cm)
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Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Edward and Evanne Gargiulo
Accession
178.2000
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