Rosemarie Trockel Author:Rosemarie Trockel When Rosemarie Trockel emerged in the early 1980s as a principal figure in the German art scene, a member of the generation that followed Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, and Georg Baselitz, she was nearly alone in addressing feminist issues and sexuality. Her pictures, made from machine-knitted wool patterned with consumerist and political icons ... more »like the international sign for wool of the Playboy bunny's ears, effectively challenge the privileged status of the male-dominated province of painting as high art, and reference the emptiness of the icons that decorate our everyday lives.« less