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Title
Balaclavas
.
Creator
Trockel, Rosemarie (German painter and sculptor, born 1952)
Date
1986
Cultural Context
German
West German
European
Western European
Style/Period
Postmodern
Contemporary
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Balaclavas
Hoods (headgear)
Headgear
Front views
Symbolism (artistic concept)
Symbols
Imagery
Taboo
Shopping
Mass production
Motifs
Patterns (design elements)
Logos
Swastikas
Rabbits
Animals
Mirrors
Reflections (perceived properties)
Cameras (photographic equipment)
Photographic equipment
Subject
Sculpture
Headgear
Symbols
Commercialism
Commerce
Shopping
Patterns (Design elements)
Logos
Swastikas
Rabbits
Animals
Mirrors
Reflections
Cameras
Photographic apparatus & supplies
Description
Series
of
five
woolen
hoods
; "The
motifs
on
Trockel's
knitted
balaclavas
emblematized
various
issues
. The
'bunnies'
, for
instance
,
teasingly
evoked
the
kind
of
imagery
displayed
in
[Sigmar]
Polke's
Playboy
Bunnies
,
whilst
the
swastikas
nudged
taboo
areas
of
national
consciousness
.
However
,
all
were
reduced
to the
semiotic
currency
of
1980s
shopping
-
the
logic
of the
logo
.
Fittingly
,
perhaps
, the
balaclavas
possessed
a
sinister
edge
. They had
openings
for
eyes
but not for
mouths.
"
(Caption
,
p.226)
; "
[…]
in
West
Germany
in the
later
1980s
,
Rosemarie
Trockel
added
a
feminist
twist
both
to the
post-Warhol
aesthetic
being
flagged
by
Americans
and to the
influential
mediations
of
Pop
in
works
by
senior
male
artists
such
as
Sigmar
Polke
.
Reclaiming
Polke's
use
of
fabrics
for the
purposes
of
'feminine'
production
, she
produced
knitted
balaclava
helmets
patterned
with
repeated
motifs.
"
(Excerpt
,
p.225)
Material
Wool (textile)
Technique
Knitting (process)
Work Type
Sculpture
Source
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.226, fig.119)
Rights
Reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of Monika Sprüth Gallery, Cologne. © DACS, 2000.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
826-03.jpg
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