John Bock in 2004

John Bock (born 1965 in Schenefeld, Germany) is a German artist. He studied in Hamburg, Germany and lives and works in Berlin.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Bock has been professor for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts of Karlsruhe since 2004.

Exhibitions

Bock participated in numerous international exhibitions, among others the Venice Biennial (1999 and 2005) and the documenta 11 in Kassel (2002). He has also had solo exhibitions in a number of international institutions including MoMA and the New Museum in New York, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Kunsthalle in Basel, Secession, Wien, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

He has participated in various group shows including Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Centre, London, and "Laughing in a Foreign Language", The Hayward 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.[3]

Selected exhibitions [4]

Germany

CityVenueTypeCollection/InstallationYear(s)
BerlinStaatsoper unter den LindenIndividualJohn Bock’s Medusa im Tam Tam Club2006
Deutsche GuggenheimKunst und Papier auf dem Laufsteg [Art and paper on the catwalk]1998
ElementAm Tüddelband der Liebeselastizität1997
Gagosian GalleryCollectiveThe Addiction2005
Haus der Kulturen der WeltIndividualThe greased bendsteering in the luggage gets tangled up with the white shirt (German: Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepäck verheddert sich im weissen Hemd)2009
Haus am WaldseeCollectiveAnstoss Berlin, Kunst Macht Welt2006
Klosterfelde EditionDas Gängelband der Kunstwohlfahrt1997
Klosterfelde GalleryIndividualArtemisiaSogJod – Meechwimper Lummerig2000
John Bock: Lütte mit Rucola, Klosterfelde2006
OHR-WALACHEI2011
Kraftwerk BerlinIndividualParamoderne = Rokokkogobrot1999
KW Institute for Contemporary ArtCollectiveBerlin Biennal1999
Schinkel Pavillon2011
Sprüth MagersIndividual1 = 2 + Kleinodtod2000
Temporäre KunsthalleIndividualFischGrätenMelkStand2010
CollectiveBerlin Biennale (LiquiditätsAuraAromaPortfolio)1998
BonnBonner KunstvereinIndividualIm Dilemma der ExistoEntropie2001
Kunstmuseum BonnCollectiveZeitwenden – Rückblick & Audblick1999
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik DeutschlandIndividualIm Modder der Summenmutation2013
BremenGesellschaft für Aktuelle KunstIndividual2000
CologneAustellungsraum Schnitt1999
FrankfurtDie Dreckschleuder1996
Freiburg im BreisgauKunstverein FreiburgKoppel op Kop. ars viva 1999-20001999
Museum für Neue KunstCollectiveWorks from the Boros Collection2004
HamburgDas Trojanische SchiffDer Fremde in der 4. Etag1995
Friedensallee 12Das Kunstwerk des 21. Jahrhunderts1995
Komparativer Kunstfähigkeitsvorteil1993
Golden Pudel ClubMord und Robotermalerei1992
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für GegenwartskunstIndividualPestKOP im black rebel motorcycle club2005
Helga Maria KlosterfeldeMeechfieber im Paradoxonmodderkarton1998
Klosterfelde GalleryIndividualMa’am prosciutto crudo2001
Kunsthaus HamburgKunstkarton1994
Kunstverein in HamburgIndividualDer Pappenheimer2013
KX. Kunst auf KampnagelRasputin ist Mütterchen1997
University of Fine Arts of Hamburg4 x Rezipientenmodelle1993
Das Feld1995
Der kleine Rezipient und der grosse Rezipient1993
Die dynamische Nacht des Titerus1996
Die Kunstwohlfahrtsmaschine1993
Die molekulare Heimsuchung des Herrn 0,471997
Elephant1993
Gribbohm1996
Haschkeks1993
Heilung Nr. 41994
Jackson - Action1992
Kunst – Mädchen – Erfolg – Tod
Paul Eluard Gesichtskorrektur
Wie werde ich breühmt?
WestwerkTörtchen der Leidenschaft1994
HanoverExpo 2000CollectiveCaptain Sheriff Schippert Dröge2000
Kunstverein Hanoverhome and away1999
Sprengel MuseumIndividualDionysische Monologicus – Gelüste eines Schwachomate2000-2001
HeidelbergHeidelberger KunstvereinCollectiveArtists as Collectors2007
KarlsruheLaurids & MattheusBommelbabyfaceNelson1998
LeverkusenMorsbroich MuseumCollectiveFreestyle: Werke aus der Sammlung Boros2001
MunichHaus der KunstCollective“Aller Anfang ist Merz – von Kurt Schwitters bis heute”2001
Neuer MarstallIndividualRasputin ist Mütterchel1999
WolfsburgKunstmuseum WolfsburgCollectiveGerman Open : Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland1999

Europe

CountryCityVenueTypeCollection/InstallationYear(s)
AustriaBregenzQuasi-ich-isoquantenschar-Kammer1999
GrazGrazer StadtraumCollectiveRE_public2000
Steirischer HerbstVon der Kunst bis zum Warten + drinnen Jungtiere1999
InnsbruckKunstraum InnsbruckCollectiveSoufflé, eine Massenausstellung2007
LinzOK Center for Contemporary Art AustriaIndividualMa’am prosciutto crud2000
MönchengladbachAbteiberg MuseumRegardez le Diskjockey Long John Silver “El Niño”1998
Offenbach am MainKlingspor MuseumSilageproppen verstopft den Streptopenfluss im Love-Time-Mluiplikator1998
SchwazGalerie der Stadt Schwaz$ 1.000.000 Knödel Kisses, pfüti1999
ViennaMienGribbohmWien1998
Charim GalerieCollectiveSoonSonicShySONSupernovaSide UP1999
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig WienCollectiveZeitwenden - Rückblick und Ausblick2000
BelgiumAntwerpDer heilige Anwalt in AntwerpenLokaal 051996
Stella Lohaus GalleryIndividualA-Buba2005
Yes Sir No Sir1999
GhentStedelijk Museum voor Actuele KunstCollectiveMemme muss schlafen opening exhibition of S.M.A.K.1999
MaastrichtDer Onkel im Koffer1996
DenmarkAarhusARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum1999
CopenhagenJacob FabriciusCollective"New Settlements"2000-2001
EnglandLondonBarbican CentreIndividualCurve-Vehicle incl. π-Man-(.), The Curve2010
CollectiveMartian Museum of Terrestrial Art2008
Hayward GalleryCollectiveLaughing in a Foreign Language2008
Institute of Contemporary ArtsIndividualKlutterkammer2004
ProgramCollectiveRough Diamond2005
RCA GalleriesIndividualMEECHbuildings – “playing among the ruins”
Sadie Coles HQIndividualJohn Bock2007
IndividualJohn Bock2001
FranceLyonCollective8th Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon2005
MarseilleFRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurIndividualJohn Bock2005
ParisFondation Cartier pour l'Art ContemporainCollectiveDionysiac2005
GreeceAthensEleni Koroneou GalleryIndividualNo Time No Screws2009
CollectiveThe Harder You Look2007
2001
IndividualRegardez le Diskjockey Long John Silver1999
TechnopolisNai Aristoteles Ochi – Nichtsabsolut1999
Mikrokosmos CinemaIndividualFilm Retrospective2008
IcelandReykjavíkKling og BangIndividualSkipholt2005
Reykjavik Art MuseumCollectiveReykjavík Arts Festival
IrelandCorkLewis Glucksman GalleryCollectiveBeyond the Country2007
ItalyMilanGió Marconi GalleryIndividualInside Beyond2008
John Bock2003
opt. APE trouvé Moving 50 Diagram1999
Nicola Trussardi FoundationIndividualJohn Bock2004
Padiglione d'Arte ContemporaneaCollectiveLA FORMA DEL MONDO/LA FINE DEL MONDO2000
SienaPalazzo PiccolominiIndividualMultiplexQuasiSiena – “le repubbliche dell’ arte germania”2001
Centro d’Arte Contemporanea2001
VeniceCollectiveInternational Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia2013
Venice Biennale2005
48th Venice Biennale1999
LuxembourgCasino LuxembourgExisto – Tour 99 “ars viva – Gernzgänge”1999
NetherlandsAmsterdamNetherlands Media Art InstituteCollective(……) – Surrogat2006
ScotlandEdinburghFruitmarket GalleryCollectiveDada's Boys2006
SpainMálagaCentro de Arte Contemporáneo de MálagaIndividualNöle2010
San SebastiánEuropean Biennial of Contemporary ArtCollectiveManifesta 52004
SwedenMalmöMalmö KonsthallCollectiveThe Hamsterwheel2008
SwitzerlandBaselKlosterfeldeMolkeMeMindVehikle1999
Kunsthalle BaselIndividualLombardi Bängli

Americas

CountryCityVenueTypeCollection/InstallationYear(s)
MexicoMexico CityJumex FoundationLost-Egg in the Desert2011
United StatesLos AngelesCollectiveThe High Desert Test Sites (Palms)2007
REDCATIndividualPalms2008
Regen ProjectsIndividualJohn Bock2007
Lichterloh / roh2011
MiamiThe Moore LoftZero Hero2006
New York CityAnton Kern GalleryBendix Harms Lebenslieben2008
IndividualJohn Bock2010
John Bock – Mit Schisslaveng2006
Maybe-Me-Be-Microworld1999
Barneys, Madison AvenueCollectiveInto the Quasi-Me-Hill2012
Gagosian GalleryCollectiveFit to Print: printed media in recent collage2007
Solomon R. Guggenheim FoundationCollectiveHugo Boss Prize2006
Museum of Modern ArtIndividualMultiple Quasi-Maybe-Me-Be-Updown (fashion show)2000
PS1MolkeMeHindVehikel “Children of Berlin”1999
NyehausAbnormal2005
Zwirner & WirthCollectiveGirls on Film2005
Water MillThe Watermill CenterLecker Puste (Delicious Breath)2012

Asia + Oceania

CountryCityVenueTypeCollection/InstallationYear(s)
New ZealandAucklandPizza Kiwi Nazionale2000
South KoreaSeoulInsa Art Space2008

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

See also

  • Robecchi, Michele, "John Bock: A Man in Space", Flash Art, January–February, 2005, p. 92-95.
  • Galloway, David, "Spray the Ketchup, Fling the Lettuce", ARTnews, May, 2006
  • Coulson, Amanda, "John Bock", Frieze, Issue 111, November–December, 2007
  • O'Reilly, Sally, "John Bock: Hide and Seek", Art Review, 2007, p. 52-59.
  • Millard, Coline, "John Bock", Modern Painters, July 15, 2010
  • Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review: John Bock", The New York Times, April 2, 2010
  • Tsitsovitis, Yannis, "John Bock's Unorthodox Machines", Under/Current Magazine Vol. 6, 2011, p. 144-149.

References

  1. John Bock. Films, June 7 - September 23, 2007 Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.
  2. John Bock Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine Klosterfelde Galerie, Berlin.
  3. "Regen Projects - Artist list".
  4. "Blog". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-04-08..
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