Heinz-Norbert Jocks

Heinz-Norbert Jocks (* 1955 in Düsseldorf ) is a German journalist , author , art critic , exhibition organizer , essayist and publicist .

Life

Heinz-Norbert Jocks studied German, philosophy and history at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. During his studies he worked as a freelance journalist for numerous newspapers and magazines, such as the Basler Zeitung , Die Presse , Salzburger Nachrichten , art - Das Kunstmagazin , Theater der Zeit , Lettre International .

Since 1979 he has been a permanent employee and correspondent for Kunstforum International at home and abroad, especially for China and France. He was the editor of numerous volumes of Kunstforum International, including on photography and contemporary art in Beijing. He has contributed to Lettre International and Art Press magazines .

For the series Dialoge: Kunst, which he designed . Literature Jock had conversations with Durs Grünbein , Marlene Streeruwitz , Mike Kelley and Annette Messager . The book Das Ohr am Tatort contains conversations with Gotthard Graubner , Heinz Mack , Roman Opałka , Otto Piene and Günther Uecker .

Jocks had lectureships at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences in the field of photography, at the Muthesius Academy of Art , the Heinrich Heine University , the Düsseldorf Art Academy , the Karlsruhe University of Art and Design , the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in China and the Central University of Fine Arts, short CAFA in Beijing.

Heinz-Norbert Jocks lives in Düsseldorf and works in Paris and Beijing .

Awards

• 1987: Prize for Literature from the State Capital Düsseldorf

Publications

• Archeology of travel. Another look at Uecker. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7701-3943-7 .
• Dialogue: art: literature. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2001. (Individual volumes in the series contain interviews with Mike Kelley, Durs Grünbein, Annette Messager, Marlene Streeruwitz).
• The ear at the crime scene. Conversations with Gotthard Graubner, Heinz Mack, Roman Opałka, Otto Piene and Günther Uecker. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2509-5 .
• Liu Xiaodong. Slow Homecoming, 1983–2018 retrospective. Edited by Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Alain Bieber, Gregor Jansen. Kettler Verlag, Dortmund 2018, ISBN 978-3-86206-711-4 .

Curator in the field of visual arts

• 2005: The medium is a medium is a medium , Städtische Galerie , Erlangen. Artists: Gerhard Vormwald , Vincent Voillat, Christelle Lheureux.
• 2006: The inner world of the outer world , Städtische Galerie , Erlangen. Artist: Benoît Broisat
• 2008: Video & Literature , Municipal Gallery , Erlangen. Artists: Christelle Lheureux, Thierry Kuntzel and Juan Castro
• 2012: El Ojo Colectivo; en búsqueda de otra subjectividad , jointly curated with Dominique Garaudel, Sebastian Alonso and Martin Craciun. 30 collectives from Belgium, Chile, China, USA, France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, etc. a., SUBTE, Montevideo, Uruguay. First public appearance of the Internet platform Thecollectiveeye.org
• 2017: Tong Kunniao. When dog`s mouth spits ivory . First solo exhibition in Germany, curated by Heinz-Norbert Jocks in the Gallery Setareh, Düsseldorf
• 2018: Liu Xiaodong. Slow homecoming. World's first retrospective in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. Curated by Heinz-Norbert Jocks
• 2018: Yang Jiechang. very romantic. Solo exhibition at the Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf. Curated by Heinz-Norbert Jocks

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz-Norbert Jocks in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinz Norbert Jocks in: "Städtische Galerie Erlangen" ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Heinz-Norbert Jocks in: "Autorentage-Schwalenberg 2010"
3. ^ Heinz-Norbert Jocks in: Kulturamt Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
4. ^ Liu Xiaodong: NRW Forum Düsseldorf. Retrieved on August 5, 2018 (German). 
5. ↑ YANG JIECHANG. Retrieved on October 16, 2018 (German).