John Bock
John Bock (* 1965 in Gribbohm , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German action artist , filmmaker and author. He lives in Berlin.
life and work
Bock first studied business administration in Hamburg before completing a degree at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg until 1997 . His materials are everyday objects of all kinds such as felt slippers , eggshells or men's socks . Since the winter semester 2004/05 he has been teaching at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe as a professor of sculpture .
John Bock is known for his theatrical appearances and films. In 2020 he will not only be responsible for the stage design and costumes for the production of Peer Gynt at the Berlin Schaubühne , he will also be seen on the stage in a video recording as the Troll King.
Exhibitions / lectures / performances
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 John Bock. In the Moloch of Essence Presence, Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
- 2013/2014 Im Modder der Summenmutation, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn
- 2013/2015 Creative Innocence, The Hindelooper Room, Fries Museum , The Netherlands
- 2013 John Bock: Der Pappenheimer, art association in Hamburg
- 2012 The greased articulated steering in the luggage gets tangled up in the white shirt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut , Frankfurt a. M.
- 2010 Nöle, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga , Spain
- 2010 The fish bone milking parlor, Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin
- 2010 Curve-Vehicle incl. Π-Man- (.) The Curve, Barbican Center , London
- 2009 The greased articulated steering in the luggage gets tangled up in the white shirt, House of World Cultures , Berlin
- 2008 Films Video, Arko Art Center, Insa Art Space Seoul, Korea
- 2007 John Bock. Films, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
- 2006 John Bock's Medusa in the Tam Tam Club, Staatsoper Unter den Linden , Berlin
- 2006 PestKOP in the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart
- 2006 Nöle, Schauspielhaus Zurich
- 2005 Skipholt, Kling & Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2005 Antonin Artaud and the plague, Fonds régional d'art contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille
- 2004 The Klütterkammer, Klosterfelde Gallery, Berlin
- 2003 MultiplexKomplex Petit-four transmits the BeWorldMigraineSolution through the Metalic Noise Air Hair Periscope, CCA Kitakyushu Project Gallery, Japan (S)
- 2003 Schwarzsauer Knilch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam (S)
- 2003 Klynken i Knaek, Museum of Modern Art Arken , Copenhagen (S)
- 2003 Zero Hero, House of Art , Munich
- 2002 Erdmann, Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach (S)
- 2001 ClayLehmLehmLehmLehm, Regen Projects, LA (S)
- 2001 In the atomic interest conflict with an ovaryCapitalSaint, Magasin 3 Kunsthalle Stockholm (S)
- 2001 In the dilemma of ExistoEntropie, Bonner Kunstverein (S)
- 1999 Maybe-Me-Be-Microworld, Anton Kern, NY
- 1999 Lombardi Bängli, Kunsthalle Basel
- 1997 The lead tape of the Kunstwohlfahrt, Klosterfelde Gallery, Berlin
- 1993 The small and the big recipient, Hamburg University of Fine Arts
- 1993 Art Welfare Machine, Hamburg University of Fine Arts
- 1992 Art-Girl-Success-Death, Hamburg University of Fine Arts
Group exhibitions
- 2015 Broken. Slapstick, comedy and black humor., Ao, John Bock, Haus der Kunst , Munich
- 2014 I'm Still Here, Ao, John Bock, Magasin 3 Stockholm Kunsthalle, Sweden
- 2014 The sting of the scorpion - A cadavre excuis based on Buñuel's 'L'Âge d'or', Ao, John Bock, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt artist colony
- 2014 Atopia: Migration, Heritage, and Placelessnes., Ao, John Bock, Museo de Arte Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2014 The sting of the scorpion - A cadavre excuis based on Buñuels 'L'Âge d'or', Ao, John Bock, Radialsystem V , Berlin
- 2014 The sting of the scorpion - A cadavre excuis based on Buñuels 'L'Âge d'or', Ao, John Bock, Villa Stuck , Munich
- 2014 High Performance, Ao, John Bock, Center for Art and Media Technology , Karlsruhe
- 2014 slapstick! The art of comedy, Ao, John Bock, Lentos Art Museum Linz
- 2014 I'm Still Here, Ao, John Bock Magasin 3 Stockholm Kunsthalle, Sweden
- 2014 METAMATIC Reloaded, Ao, John Bock, Museum Tinguely , Basel
- 2013 Above the Point of Glowing Silence, La Biennale di Venezia - Arsenale, Venice
- 2013/2014 ARCTIC, Ao, John Bock, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
- 2013/2014 Slapstick !, Ao, John Bock, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
- 2013 HEIMs sucht, Unsafe Spaces in Contemporary Art, Ao, John Bock, Kunstmuseum Bonn
- 2013 Sculpture only !, Ao, John Bock, Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 2013/2014 Opera Production Le Grand Macabre, Ao, John Bock, Theater Chemnitz
- 2011/2012 Berlin 2000 2011 Playing among the Ruins, John Bock, Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo)
- 2005 8th Lyon Biennial, John Bock, Lyon, France
- 2004 Volkspalast , Palast der Republik , Berlin
- 2004 Bluebox Video: John Bock, Der Gast , 2004 in the Sprengel Museum in Hanover
- 2004 Utopia Station , House of Art (Munich)
- 2004 Klütterkammer , Institute of Contemporary Arts London
- 2002 'Die Koppel', Documenta11 , Kassel
- $ 1 million dumpling kisses (farmer's piece)
- Coupling Margarita (stage saw-out piece)
- Nogojones DANDY (showroom)
- FoetusGott in Memme (big mess)
- NeurastheniaS Korbut in KopabEis (piece of tree)
- Trail of Deutsche Bank (recipients on wall and lawn mower)
- White sweat production (piece of foam)
- Silage slugs in bad weather (rain talk)
- Meechpareto (coffee lecture)
- Richard III
- Casino Girls (Dutch lecture)
- AIRMehre in MAZZucht ON (Open Canal Kassel)
- H&M Store
- Sir Howdy MUMSIR (doll case lecture)
- A gentleman works when a gentleman works a work (Puppenkopp, little puppet show)
- Reciprocal break-even point in Moloch (Erdloch Moloch)
- Trail of Dead (concert)
- Molke Me Mind Vehicle (Moped Lecture)
- MeechHouse (film)
- Direct recipients elasticity yields production (drawing, lecture on the roof)
- Two micro-macro recipient models for the creation of the QuasiMEParaDandy
- Recipient sewing machine
- 2000 Ma'am prosciutto crudo, "The body-filled space on and on" Center for Contemporary Art Linz - Open House of Culture Upper Austria
- 2000 Dyonysische Monologicus-Desires of a Schwachomat, Sprengel Museum , Hanover "Every beginning is Merz - From Kurt Schwitters to today" (cat)
- 1999 ApproximationRecipient needscomaUrUltraUseMaterialMiniMax, 48th Biennale di Venezia
- 1998 LiquidityAuraAromaPortfolio, 2nd Berlin Biennale
- 1998 Regardez le disc jockey Long John Silver "El Nino: give me the summer hole", Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach (G)
Awards
- 1999 ars viva award for fine arts of the cultural group of the German economy in the BDI e. V.
- 2006 Hugo Boss Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Exhibitions Berlin: John Bock | Berlinische Galerie | Your museum for modern and contemporary art in Berlin. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
- ^ Der Pappenheimer - John Bock - www.kunstverein.de
- ^ Catrin Lorch: Between the madhouse and parental home. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
- ^ The first art shares for the Volkspalast by Ingeborg Ruthe, in berliner-zeitung.de, August 26, 2004
literature
- John Bock: exhibition catalog, ed. by the Society for Contemporary Art Bremen and the Bonner Kunstverein, ISBN 3-7757-1005-1
- Hannelore Kersting (arrangement): Contemporary art. 1960 to 2007 . Municipal Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, 2007, ISBN 978-3-924039-55-4 .
- The Klütterkammer, John Bock, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-86560-554-0
- The battered frigate I-IV, John Bock, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln, ISBN 3-86560-367-X
- FischGrärenMelkStand, John Bock, Angela Rosenberg, Temporäre Kunsthall Berlin, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 978-3-86560-872-7
- Gribbohm, John Bock, Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 3-7757-1005-1
- John Bock. Films, John Bock, ed. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne ISBN 3-86560-261-4
- Koppel, John Bock, ed. Hoffmann, Jens, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-88375-773-X
- Lütte with rocket, John Bock, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-86560-994-5
- Malträtierte Frigate, John Bock, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-86560-252-5
- Meech elasticity, John Bock, ed. CCA Kitakyushu, ISBN 4-901387-23-5
- Meechfieber, John Bock, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-86335-445-1
- Nöle, John Bock, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, ed. Francés, Fernando, San Martin, Javier ISBN 9788496159907
- Odor-Heimer, John Bock, ed. Florian Waldvogel, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Cologne, ISBN 3-86335-379-X
Web links
- Literature by and about John Bock in the catalog of the German National Library
- John Bock in the ifa database
- Homepage John Bock
- John Bock at artfacts.net
- John Bock on kunstaspekte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buck, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German action artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gribbohm , Schleswig-Holstein |