2019, Ed. 20 + 8 AP, Fiberglass print on laminated Paulownia wood, signiert, 182 x 52,1 x 6,35 cm

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“Together with the global environmental organization Parley for the Oceans, Rosemarie Trockel produced the surfboard edition Albatros. All proceeds of the sales will support Parley's Global Cleanup Network. Parley’s alliance to end marine plastic pollution is active across 30 countries, intercepting plastic waste from beaches, islands, and in remote coastal communities. Local education, awareness campaigns and government engagement help to drive lasting change.

An edition of 20, these surfboards unite the worlds of art and surfing as a messenger for the cause. Each is a surfable symbol and a call for eco- innovation, creativity and collaboration to protect our oceans. The surf community is equally vital to the Parley mission as the artists, as they know the oceans like no others. The project is a synthesis of a surfer’s love for the ocean and an artist’s imaginative call for change.

The title of the work Albatros refers to one of the most celebrated poems by Charles Baudelaire published in the second edition of the volume Les Fleurs du Mal. Baudelaire recounts the grace of the "king of the sky" in flight and its misfortunes on land, alluding to the artist and poet in their creative worlds contrasted to the mundanity of daily life. Albatrosses glide above the waves as do surfers, imbued with the forces of the oceans. Indeed, albatross, surfer and poet are "winged voyagers”, their spirits colliding in this artwork.

Rosemarie Trockel (*1952) is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important conceptual artists in Germany. Her sculptures, collages, ceramics, knitted works, drawings and photographs are noted for their subtle social critique and range of subversive, aesthetic strategies — including the reinterpretation of “feminine” techniques, the ironic shifting of cultural codes, a delight in paradox, and a refusal to conform to the commercial and institutional ideologies of the art system.”

Text von Parley for the Oceans