


Rosemarie Trockel – Mémoires d'une mouche
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Rosemarie Trockel (German, b. 1952)
Mémoires d'une mouche, 2021
Medium: Diptych of 2 pigment prints
Dimensions sheet 1: 60 x 50 cm
Dimensions sheet 2: 45 x 34.4 cm
Edition of 20: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Excellent
Artwork details
Mémoires d’une mouche (Memories of a Fly) presents a striking conceptual diptych that juxtaposes a Venus flytrap against a soft pink background with a stark black-and-white image of legs marked by flies. Trockel contrasts organic and human elements, creating tension between beauty and discomfort.
The limited edition artwork reflects her ongoing exploration of perception, control, and the boundaries between nature and the body. The flies act as subtle symbols of intrusion and decay, reinforcing the unsettling dialogue between the two images.
Issued in a rare edition of 20, each pigment print is hand-signed and numbered, making this a highly collectible work by one of the most important contemporary German artists.
About this artist
Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952, Schwerte, Germany) is a leading figure in contemporary art, internationally recognized for her conceptually rigorous artworks across painting, print, sculpture, video, and installation. She gained prominence in the 1980s with her iconic “knitted paintings,” produced using industrial knitting machines. These textile-based artworks challenged the male-dominated art world by collapsing distinctions between fine art and craft, while critically addressing gender roles and artistic hierarchy.
By transforming wool, a material associated with domestic labor, into a vehicle for intellectual inquiry, Trockel redefined expectations of medium and authorship. Her broader body of artworks includes ceramics, drawings, found objects, and large-scale installations, all marked by a precise conceptual framework.
Printmaking plays an important role in her practice. Rosemarie Trockel’s limited edition prints, including screenprints and etchings, translate her investigations into identity, systems, and symbolism into refined, collectible artworks. Her unique artworks, prints, and multiples have been exhibited internationally, including at the Moderna Museet Malmö, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Museo Reina Sofía, the New Museum, and the Serpentine Gallery. In 1999, she became the first female artist to represent Germany at the Venice Biennale.

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