German artist Jochem Hendricks (b. 1959) is known?for his works that?address complex moral and ethical issues. The objects he produces?are?often beautifully realised, yet beneath the surface lie elaborate?backstories, which – at times – test the boundaries of legality.

German artist Jochem Hendricks (b. 1959) is known for?his works that?address complex moral and ethical issues. The objects he produces?are?often beautifully realised, yet beneath the surface lie elaborate?backstories,?which – at times – test the boundaries of legality.

This new exhibition spans Hendricks’ practice over the past decade?and ranges from sculpture, film and photography to installations and?painting. Works on show at the John Hansard Gallery include a number?of?‘Intercontinental paintings’, realised through an international?network of?collaborators; synthesised diamonds, transformed from the?concentrated?essence of birds; a Mazda MX5 sports car which has become a?“part-time?sculpture” through the artist’s tax arrangements; a 25 mile-long?human hair,?glued from individual strands; photographs from a 1970s archive of?police?investigations, printed by the former wife of terrorist Carlos the?Jackal; and a?series of Eye Drawings produced through the eye movements of the?artist.

At John Hansard Gallery Central visitors can?view the visceral film installation?Front Windows, 2008-9, in which 200 windows of an old building in?the?centre of Frankfurt are smashed from within, at changing rhythms and?speeds. Hendricks’ work explores the value and meaning of labour,?truth and storytelling, ethics and the role of the artist. By turns?playful,?serious, provocative and sensitive, the artist asks: how can art?allow us to?understand – and question – our place in the world?

This new exhibition is organised in collaboration with Museum Haus?Konstruktiv, Zürich and The New Art Gallery, Walsall, and is?accompanied by?a fully-illustrated catalogue, published by Distanz Verlag. Jochem?Hendricks?is on show across both John Hansard Gallery sites – our main?Gallery on the?University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载’s Highfield Campus, and our temporary?city?centre space John Hansard Gallery Central (9 Civic Centre Road).