John Bock (born 1965 in Schenefeld, Germany) is a German artist. He studied in

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, Germany and lives and works in

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Work

Bock is a multi-media artist primarily known for his performances. Since 1991, he creates environments hand crafted from found materials which function as symbolic settings for his "lectures." More recently there has been an increased production of film and video work. In his "lectures", Bock acts on "stages" built from tables, cupboards or multi-level wood constructions. The objects are handmade or re-modeled accessories of the lecture, made out of clothing, electrical equipment such as hoovers and mixers, or "plastic diagrams" that illustrate his mathematical explanations. After the lecture, they are left on the stage which thus forms a "theatrical collage". The "lectures" are structured by different scenes in which Bock sometimes works with (non-professional) actors; frequently he plays pop songs or classical pieces from a record player. The lecture is mostly recorded on video. The film is then integrated in the installation, documenting the lecture throughout the exhibition. Bock has been professor for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of

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since 2004.

Exhibitions

Bock participated in numerous international exhibitions, among others the

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(1999 and 2005) and the documenta 11 in Kassel (2002). He has also had solo exhibitions in a number of international institutions including

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and the

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in New York,

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in Berlin,

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in Basel, Secession, Wien, and the

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in London. He has participated in various group shows including Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art,

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, London, and "Laughing in a Foreign Language",

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Gallery, London, both in 2008. John Bock: Maltreated Frigate, a monograph of his work, was published by Walther Koenig Ltd, 2007. Bock is represented by Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.

Selected exhibitions .

Germany

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Europe

Americas

Asia + Oceania

Lectures

* 2000: Four Lectures, Museum of Modern Art, New York ** “Aller Anfang ist Merz – von Kurt Schwitters bis heute”, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, 6 June ** Gribbohm meets Mini-Max society, (lecture 4, MoMA N.Y.C.) ** thread waxing space, “death race”, Brooklyn, Dec. * 2009: Lecture / Fashion Show The greased bendsteering in the luggage gets tangled up with the white shirt (in German: Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepäck verheddert sich im weissen Hemd) at HKW, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

References

External links

John Bock at Anton Kern Gallery
at Sadie Coles HQ
John Bock at Fondazione Nicola TrussardiLecture / Fashion Show The greased bendsteering in the luggage gets tangled up with the white shirt at HKW, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
VernissageTV Video September 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bock, John Living people 1965 births German contemporary artists Artists from Schleswig-Holstein