Jan De Cock
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Jan De Cock is a contemporary Belgian
visual artist. De Cock creates large structures – usually in plywood – that refer to early modernist and suprematist sculpture and architecture. He also creates photographical and video work. He was educated in Ghent
and Brussels
. In 2003 he entered in the competition Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge ("Prize for Young Belgian Painters") but was not awarded. After Luc Tuymans
he was only the second Belgian artist to have an exposition in Tate Modern
. De Cock appears to be influenced by the work of Russian installation artist Ilya Kabakov
, and the work of Dutch artist Aernout Mik
.
De Cock is the first living Belgium artist that gets an exhibition in MoMa, which opened on January 23, 2008. In the interview he states: ... our understanding of the artwork is not fixed, but constantly changes and mentions Alain Resnais
, Jean-Luc Godard
and Eadweard Muybridge
.
Jan De Cocks oeuvre has echoes of Donald Judd
s Minimalist aesthetic and treatment of space as well as Marcel Broodthaers
s questioning of the context of art.
Via dell’ abbondanza, Francesca Minini, Milaan, 2010
Repromotion, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2010
Repromotion, Gallery Luis Campaña, Berlin, 2009
Repromotion, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2009
Modern is changing fig. 4, Stella Lohaus Gallery, 2008
Modern is changing fig. 3, Gallery Luis Campaña, 2008 (Germany)
Modern is changing fig. 1, Galerie Fons Welters, 2008 (The Netherlands)
Denkmal 11, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, 2008 (USA)
Denkmal 70, Sint-Lukas Hogeschool, Paleizenstraat 70, Brussel, 2007
Denkmal 87, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 87 Newton Lane, Easthampton, 2007 (USA)
Denkmal 1, Artbrussels, Belgiëplein 1, Brussel, 2007
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 (Italy)
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 – Francesca Minini Gallery, Milano (Italy)
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 – Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia (Italy)
[Denkmal 4 in collaboration with Daniel Buren]
Denkmal 25, Haus Konstruktiv, Selnaustrasse 25, Zürich, 2006 (Switzerland)
Denkmal 47, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Vlaamse Kaai 47, Antwerpen, 2006
Denkmal 1901, Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, 2006 (USA)
(Art Basel Miami beach)
Denkmal 53, Tate Modern, Bankside 53, London SE1 9TG, 2005 (United Kingdom)
Denkmal 7, Schirn Kunsthalle, Römerberg 7, Frankfurt am Main, 2005 (Germany)
Denkmal 5-12-3, Minami Aoyama 5-12-3, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 2005 (Japan)
(Collaboration with Comme des garçons)
Denkmal 23, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Bruxelles, 2004, deel II
Denkmal 47, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Vlaamse Kaai 47, Antwerpen, 2004
Denkmal 9, Henry Van de Velde Universiteitsbibliotheek, Rozier 9, Gent, 2004
Denkmal 1a, Gallery Luis Campaña, An der Schanz 1a, Köln, 2004 (Germany) 2003
Denkmal 3, Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Schleifmuhlgasse 3, Wien, 2003 (Austria)
Denkmal 10, De Appel, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, Amsterdam, 2003 (The Netherlands) Art Statement, Art 34 Basel (Switzerland)
Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions (USA)
Randschade Fig.9 / Collateral Damage Fig.9, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2002 (The Netherlands)
Randschade Fig.7 / Collateral Damage Fig.7, Museum voor Schone Kunsten en S.M.A.K., Gent, 2002
Randschade Fig.4 / Collateral Damage Fig.4, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2001 (The Netherlands)
Vertigo or the Era of Free Catalogues, Argos, Brussel, 1999
Denkmal isbn 9789080842434, 2008 Collaboration with Daniel Buren, Italy 650 pages
Denkmal isbn 9080842427, 2006 Tate Modern, London 456 pages
Denkmal isbn 9080842419, 2004 De Appel, Amsterdam 556 pages
Improvise and Overcome, KIOSK, Gent
Collectie XXVII – Ten oosten van 4°24′, M KHA, Antwerp
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, Kunsthaus Zürich (Switzerland)
Tussenruimte, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte
Art of the Loom, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
BREAK, Villa de Bank, Enschede (The Netherlands)
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)
Fake!, city of Aalst
Nieuwe Monumenten, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp
Denkmal 2, Astillero Ascorreta 2, Pasajes San Pedro, San Sebastian, 2004 (Spain)
(Manifesta 5)
Denkmal 4, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4, Düsseldorf, 2004 (Germany)
(Mouse on Mars)
Denkmal 23, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Bruxelles, 2003
(Jeune Peinture Belge)
Denkmal 55, National Museum of History, Boulevard of the Martyrs for the Country, Tirana, 2003 (Albania)
(Biennal Tirana)
Randschade Fig. 8 / Collateral Damage Fig.8, Museum voor Oude Technieken, Grimbergen, 2002
(Grimbergen 2002)
Randschade Fig.6 / Collateral Damage Fig.6, Espace 251 Nord, Thurn & Taxis, Brussel, 2001
(Ici et Maintenant / Hier en nu)
Randschade Fig.5 / Collateral Damage Fig.5, Grensland, Watou, 2001
(Poëziezomer Watou)
Randschade Fig.3 / Collateral Damage Fig.3, Borkener Volksbank, S.M.A.K. & Stadt Borken, 2001
(Artline 5: Interaktionen: Natur & Architektur, Germany)
Vertigo or the Era of Free Catalogues, deel 2, Felix Hap Park, Brussel, 2000
(Beeld in Park)
Randschade Fig.2 / Collateral Damage Fig.2, Diasporal Thoughts, Tacktoren, Kortrijk, 2000
Coming people, S.M.A.K., Gent
Doel zonder oorzaak, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Youthquake, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
visual artist. De Cock creates large structures – usually in plywood – that refer to early modernist and suprematist sculpture and architecture. He also creates photographical and video work. He was educated in Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
and Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. In 2003 he entered in the competition Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge ("Prize for Young Belgian Painters") but was not awarded. After Luc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans
Luc Tuymans is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Tuymans is considered one of the most influential painters working today. His signature figurative paintings transform mediated film, television, and print sources into examinations of history and memory.-Life:Tuymans...
he was only the second Belgian artist to have an exposition in Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
. De Cock appears to be influenced by the work of Russian installation artist Ilya Kabakov
Ilya Kabakov
Ilya Kabakov, Russian Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в , is a Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish descent, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He worked for thirty years in Moscow, from the 1950s until the late 1980s. He now lives and works on Long Island...
, and the work of Dutch artist Aernout Mik
Aernout Mik
Aernout Mik is a Dutch artist, internationally known for his installations and films.- Biografie :Mik spent his childhood in Groningen and studied there from 1983 to 1988 at the Academie Minerva. He also had lessons from Fie Werkman...
.
De Cock is the first living Belgium artist that gets an exhibition in MoMa, which opened on January 23, 2008. In the interview he states: ... our understanding of the artwork is not fixed, but constantly changes and mentions Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
, Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
and Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard J. Muybridge was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible...
.
Jan De Cocks oeuvre has echoes of Donald Judd
Donald Judd
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism . In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic presentation without compositional hierarchy...
s Minimalist aesthetic and treatment of space as well as Marcel Broodthaers
Marcel Broodthaers
Marcel Broodthaers was a Belgian poet, filmmaker and artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works....
s questioning of the context of art.
Solo exhibitions
- 2010
Via dell’ abbondanza, Francesca Minini, Milaan, 2010
Repromotion, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2010
- 2009
Repromotion, Gallery Luis Campaña, Berlin, 2009
Repromotion, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2009
- 2008
Modern is changing fig. 4, Stella Lohaus Gallery, 2008
Modern is changing fig. 3, Gallery Luis Campaña, 2008 (Germany)
Modern is changing fig. 1, Galerie Fons Welters, 2008 (The Netherlands)
Denkmal 11, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, 2008 (USA)
- 2007
Denkmal 70, Sint-Lukas Hogeschool, Paleizenstraat 70, Brussel, 2007
Denkmal 87, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 87 Newton Lane, Easthampton, 2007 (USA)
Denkmal 1, Artbrussels, Belgiëplein 1, Brussel, 2007
- 2006
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 (Italy)
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 – Francesca Minini Gallery, Milano (Italy)
Denkmal 4, Casa del Fascio, Piazza del Popolo 4, Como, 2006 – Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia (Italy)
[Denkmal 4 in collaboration with Daniel Buren]
Denkmal 25, Haus Konstruktiv, Selnaustrasse 25, Zürich, 2006 (Switzerland)
Denkmal 47, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Vlaamse Kaai 47, Antwerpen, 2006
Denkmal 1901, Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, 2006 (USA)
(Art Basel Miami beach)
- 2005
Denkmal 53, Tate Modern, Bankside 53, London SE1 9TG, 2005 (United Kingdom)
Denkmal 7, Schirn Kunsthalle, Römerberg 7, Frankfurt am Main, 2005 (Germany)
Denkmal 5-12-3, Minami Aoyama 5-12-3, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 2005 (Japan)
(Collaboration with Comme des garçons)
- 2004
Denkmal 23, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Bruxelles, 2004, deel II
Denkmal 47, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Vlaamse Kaai 47, Antwerpen, 2004
Denkmal 9, Henry Van de Velde Universiteitsbibliotheek, Rozier 9, Gent, 2004
Denkmal 1a, Gallery Luis Campaña, An der Schanz 1a, Köln, 2004 (Germany) 2003
Denkmal 3, Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Schleifmuhlgasse 3, Wien, 2003 (Austria)
Denkmal 10, De Appel, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, Amsterdam, 2003 (The Netherlands) Art Statement, Art 34 Basel (Switzerland)
- 2002
Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions (USA)
Randschade Fig.9 / Collateral Damage Fig.9, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2002 (The Netherlands)
Randschade Fig.7 / Collateral Damage Fig.7, Museum voor Schone Kunsten en S.M.A.K., Gent, 2002
- 2001
Randschade Fig.4 / Collateral Damage Fig.4, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 2001 (The Netherlands)
- 1999
Vertigo or the Era of Free Catalogues, Argos, Brussel, 1999
Artist book
Denkmal isbn 9789080842441, 2008 The Museum of Modern Art, New York 210 pagesDenkmal isbn 9789080842434, 2008 Collaboration with Daniel Buren, Italy 650 pages
Denkmal isbn 9080842427, 2006 Tate Modern, London 456 pages
Denkmal isbn 9080842419, 2004 De Appel, Amsterdam 556 pages
Group exhibitions
- 2011
Improvise and Overcome, KIOSK, Gent
Collectie XXVII – Ten oosten van 4°24′, M KHA, Antwerp
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, Kunsthaus Zürich (Switzerland)
Tussenruimte, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte
Art of the Loom, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
- 2010
BREAK, Villa de Bank, Enschede (The Netherlands)
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)
Fake!, city of Aalst
Nieuwe Monumenten, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp
- 2004
Denkmal 2, Astillero Ascorreta 2, Pasajes San Pedro, San Sebastian, 2004 (Spain)
(Manifesta 5)
Denkmal 4, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4, Düsseldorf, 2004 (Germany)
(Mouse on Mars)
- 2003
Denkmal 23, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Bruxelles, 2003
(Jeune Peinture Belge)
Denkmal 55, National Museum of History, Boulevard of the Martyrs for the Country, Tirana, 2003 (Albania)
(Biennal Tirana)
- 2002
Randschade Fig. 8 / Collateral Damage Fig.8, Museum voor Oude Technieken, Grimbergen, 2002
(Grimbergen 2002)
- 2001
Randschade Fig.6 / Collateral Damage Fig.6, Espace 251 Nord, Thurn & Taxis, Brussel, 2001
(Ici et Maintenant / Hier en nu)
Randschade Fig.5 / Collateral Damage Fig.5, Grensland, Watou, 2001
(Poëziezomer Watou)
Randschade Fig.3 / Collateral Damage Fig.3, Borkener Volksbank, S.M.A.K. & Stadt Borken, 2001
(Artline 5: Interaktionen: Natur & Architektur, Germany)
- 2000
Vertigo or the Era of Free Catalogues, deel 2, Felix Hap Park, Brussel, 2000
(Beeld in Park)
Randschade Fig.2 / Collateral Damage Fig.2, Diasporal Thoughts, Tacktoren, Kortrijk, 2000
- 1999
Coming people, S.M.A.K., Gent
- 1998
Doel zonder oorzaak, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Youthquake, W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
External links
- Jan de Cock at MoMa
- Jan De Cock at Tate Modern
- Jan de Cock in Zurich
- Jan de Cock in Pasaia
- Jan de Cock in Frankfurt
- Official site