Teun hocks wikipedia english

Teun Hocks plays games with reality. He creates his photo-paintings, featuring himself, using hand-built sets and props. Hocks makes analogue black-and-white photographs of these 'performances', which he colours with oil paints.

The scenes are reminiscent of everyday situations, but something is always not quite right. You sense things will go wrong.

Teun hocks wikipedia english version

Situations are too absurd, or too beautiful, to
be true.

The early works from the 70s and 80s, largely taken from the Stedelijk Museum Breda’s own collection, show how Hocks developed and perfected his visual language.

Props, studies, photographs and sketches provide a fascinating insight into his working methods. Early to late will take you into the world of a masterful artist who has managed to keep a wide audience captivated for many years

'As producer, director and star of his own magical theater, Teun Hocks plays a sacred fool and spiritual seeker in large, funny and mysterious photographs.'
- The New York Tim