Troels Wörsel (born 1950 in Aarhus, Denmark, died 2018 in Cologne, Germany) found inspiration in American minimal and conceptual art early in his career. A prolific artist, Wörsel’s fundamental interest was in painting, its limits and possibilities, its history, function and formal characteristics. He developed a dynamic, highly investigative practice that saw him employ experimental techniques such as painting with an electric drill; working on the reverse of a canvas, integrating the frame into the painted surface; using culinary sauce recipes as though instructions for his artistic output. The artist worked almost exclusively in series whether on canvas, paper or in print. He explored themes and approaches that spanned from Japanese Zen (1970s), to gastronomy (1980s), equine depictions (2000s), to garden scenes and abstract, graphic series (2010s).