Balaclavas.
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Title |
Balaclavas. |
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Creator |
Trockel, Rosemarie (German painter and sculptor, born 1952) |
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Date |
1986 |
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Cultural Context |
German
West German
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Postmodern
Contemporary |
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Subject |
Headgear
Textiles
Symbols
Commercialism
Commerce
Shopping
Patterns (Design elements)
Logos
Swastikas
Rabbits
Animals
Mirrors
Reflections
Cameras
Photographic apparatus & supplies |
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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) |
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Material |
Wool (textile) |
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Technique |
Knitting (process) |
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Work Type |
Sculpture |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.226, fig.119) |
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Rights |
Reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of Monika Sprüth Gallery, Cologne. © DACS, 2000. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 826-03.jpg |
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