The Kiss
May 7 — August 1, 2025
New York: 24th Street
Opening concurrently at Gladstone and Sprüth Magers, Rosemarie Trockel’s two-part exhibition features new and historic artworks that explore motifs and themes spanning the artist’s multilayered oeuvre. The new works, created especially for The Kiss at Gladstone, are connected through a network of cross-references to both recent pieces and rarely shown historical works in Material at Sprüth Magers.
Trockel blends conceptual challenges and material properties, notions of femininity and masculinity, everyday objects and art history. Both galleries’ presentations navigate between theoretical concepts and physical experiences, with the artist’s works confronting prevailing ideas, often revisiting and reevaluating her own work in the process. The galleries’ walls have been painted to match the color of each space’s floors, setting cohesive backdrops for the artworks.
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About
Photo: Curtis Anderson, 2010
Rosemarie Trockel (b. 1952, Schwerte, West Germany) lives and works in Potsdam, Germany. She has been the subject of major solo exhibitions including: Rosemarie Trockel, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2022); Reflections / Riflessoni. Rosemarie Trockel and works from Torino Collections, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy (2016); A Cosmos, which originated at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2012) and traveled to the New Museum, New York (2012) and Serpentine Gallery, London (2013); and Flagrant Delight, which was presented at Wiels, Brussels; Culturgest, Lisbon; and Museion, Bolzano, Italy (2012). Her work is currently on view at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa with the traveling exhibition curated by Lynne Cooke. She has work in the public collections of Busch Reisinger Museum, Boston; Centre Pompidou, Paris; De Pont Stichting, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland; Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; Tate, London; and the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
