John Bock | "Geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio...", 2003 | (for Parkett 67)
Read a Parkett Text on John Bock
Parkett Vol. 67
Quote from Parkett
“It is neither performance nor clearly installation, neither sculpture nor solely slapstick happening, neither film nor any known form of theater. Bock’s work is most likely a turbulent mixture of all of these—he creates exuberant, extroverted, passionate, and often forceful but always humorous and highly absurd pieces of art. The range of Bock’s artistic means is remarkably diverse; in fact, it is impossible to pin him down at all, since so much is ambiguous, cryptic, obscure, enigmatic, and mysterious.—No matter how exhausted, how worn out our world may appear, the artist confronts us with an unstoppable avalanche of visual impressions and artistic stunts, as if everything still remains to be said, seen, or heard.”
Jens Hoffmann, Parkett No. 67, 2003
“Geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio. $ Knödelknickerbockermigränehitshitbitssoufflévisage, drin strohmulmige Isoquante touchiert goldene Bilanzregel + Insolvenzsnob”, 2003 (for Parkett 67)
Unique underpants, knitted fabric,
gold sequins, straw, silicone,
bunny droppings, migraine pill,
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered label attached to work.
For the availability of unique works, please contact us.
Read a Parkett Text on John Bock
Parkett Vol. 67
Quote from Parkett
“It is neither performance nor clearly installation, neither sculpture nor solely slapstick happening, neither film nor any known form of theater. Bock’s work is most likely a turbulent mixture of all of these—he creates exuberant, extroverted, passionate, and often forceful but always humorous and highly absurd pieces of art. The range of Bock’s artistic means is remarkably diverse; in fact, it is impossible to pin him down at all, since so much is ambiguous, cryptic, obscure, enigmatic, and mysterious.—No matter how exhausted, how worn out our world may appear, the artist confronts us with an unstoppable avalanche of visual impressions and artistic stunts, as if everything still remains to be said, seen, or heard.”
Jens Hoffmann, Parkett No. 67, 2003
“Geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio. $ Knödelknickerbockermigränehitshitbitssoufflévisage, drin strohmulmige Isoquante touchiert goldene Bilanzregel + Insolvenzsnob”, 2003 (for Parkett 67)
Unique underpants, knitted fabric,
gold sequins, straw, silicone,
bunny droppings, migraine pill,
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered label attached to work.
For the availability of unique works, please contact us.
Read a Parkett Text on John Bock
Parkett Vol. 67
Quote from Parkett
“It is neither performance nor clearly installation, neither sculpture nor solely slapstick happening, neither film nor any known form of theater. Bock’s work is most likely a turbulent mixture of all of these—he creates exuberant, extroverted, passionate, and often forceful but always humorous and highly absurd pieces of art. The range of Bock’s artistic means is remarkably diverse; in fact, it is impossible to pin him down at all, since so much is ambiguous, cryptic, obscure, enigmatic, and mysterious.—No matter how exhausted, how worn out our world may appear, the artist confronts us with an unstoppable avalanche of visual impressions and artistic stunts, as if everything still remains to be said, seen, or heard.”
Jens Hoffmann, Parkett No. 67, 2003
“Geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio. $ Knödelknickerbockermigränehitshitbitssoufflévisage, drin strohmulmige Isoquante touchiert goldene Bilanzregel + Insolvenzsnob”, 2003 (for Parkett 67)
Unique underpants, knitted fabric,
gold sequins, straw, silicone,
bunny droppings, migraine pill,
Ed. 60/XX, signed and numbered label attached to work.
For the availability of unique works, please contact us.
Browse selected unique works from John Bock’s edition for Parkett 67:
Artist Document
The sketch by John Bock shows a first drawing of his planned edition for Parkett 67. The second page shows the full, extended title for the work, handwritten in German: “geometrischer Ort der 2 Mio. $ Knödelknickerbrocker Migräne-Hit Shit Bits Soufflé Visage drin strohmulmige Isoquante touchiert goldene Bilanzregel + Insolvenzsnob”
Parkett Text
Read a Selected Text on John Bock
Parkett Cover
John Bock’s work on the cover of Parkett no. 67
Artist Video
In this short video excerpt John Bock talks about some aspects of his art.