The art of Rosemarie Trockel (b. 1952) is a kaleidoscope of techniques, forms and themes. Her unbridled creativity is visible in her artistic experimentation in virtually each and every existing medium. Trockel studied and worked in Cologne, which in the 1980s was the centre of an extremely active artistic community gathered around the Mülheimer Freiheit group, the heart of the Neue Wilde (Young Wild) in Cologne. The artists of the circle, who opposed the art of the 1960s and 1970s, which was dominated by minimal art and Conceptualism, turned to painting, producing expressionistic and colourful canvases that attested to the rule: “My paintings are about myself”. After collaborating with the group for a short period, Trockel distanced herself from the Neo-Expressionist current and quickly developed her own original and highly ironic artistic stance. A survey of her work is a survey of the major trends in twentieth-century art, from Dadaism and Surrealism through pop-art and minimalism. The artist provocatively plays with all of these currents, jocularly juggling a variety of styles. Trockel’s so-called “knitted paintings” are her most acclaimed works. Displayed at the show will be, among others, one of the early abstractions from 1989, produced according to Trockel’s design by a machine, from GK Collection, and a monumental example of a hand-knitted monochromatic work titled Saw Dust (2010). These paintings, which started to appear in the 1980s and continue to be produced today, are the most frequently analysed works by the artist and, like Trockel’s oeuvre overall, are founded on multiple layers of irony and deliberate references to diverse fields of art.