Artist 2000, 1999

This edition by Rosemarie Trockel marks a striking departure from her celebrated knitting pictures, highlighting the artist’s continual reinvention and conceptual depth. In Artist 2000, a pink-toned portrait emerges through vertical striations that both reveal and obscure the figure beneath. The subject stares out at the viewer with a seemingly direct gaze, yet remains elusive – dissolved into abstraction by the rhythmic interruption of lines. With this work, Trockel invites reflection on the act of looking and the instability of representation. The edition resists clear interpretation, underscoring her ongoing interest in perception, identity, and the boundaries of visibility.
This work is in the collection of MoMA, New York.