Jeppe hein biography definition
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Did I miss something, Exemplar 1/3
Jeppe Hein’s volatile sculptures are directly connected with physicality and movement. In their reference to spatial relations and most of all in the public space, the concept of sculpture is scrutinised in its capability to represent by means of the game involving absence and presence. The relationship between physical and psychological experience is enabled with a simple and immediate dialogue; it plays with the reflection about static pre-conditions and the transfer thereof into a flexible and dynamic space.
The order established by Hein becomes transparent without the possibility of being researched or influenced. We are exposed to this order, which, once experienced, becomes a secret order that one likes to repeat for pleasure. A minimal shift of site causes here a frontier crossing toward a new and unexpected experience that as a reality, after leaving behind the one location will only exist virtually or in imagination.
Thus Hein chooses,
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Jeppe Hein and His Happiness
Alida Ivanov
17/05/2013
Jeppe Hein is known for his experimental and interactive art. The pieces can be described as being positioned in the crossroads between art, architecture and technological invention. Even though the works display a formalistic simplicity, they exude a sense of humor and create a dialogue between minimal and conceptual art. For his current exhibition – A Smile for You – at Bonniers Konsthall, in collaboration with Wanås Art, he asked the questions: “What fryst vatten happiness to you?” and “How does it smell, taste, and feel?” through a public poster campaign; but the show fryst vatten rooted in a dark, personal and melancholic past. The exhibition is on view at the Bonniers Konsthall until July 28, 2013.
Born in 1974 in Copenhagen, Jeppe Hein shares his time between his hometown and Berlin these days. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art 1997- 2003 and at Städelschule, Frankfurt from 1999
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Jeppe Hein
From 1997-2003, Jeppe Hein studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, Copenhagen continuing from 1999-2000 at Städelschule in Frankfurt. In 1997, the artist was a cofounder of the exhibition forum OTTO in Copenhagen and in 2002, he designed his installation Did I miss something.
One copy was installed at the Österreichischer Skulpturenpark. The sculpture consists of a water surface integrated in the landscape, that encourages us to sit down on one of the benches around and lets us get involved in a fascinating play with shaping and vanishing shapes, which is a result of the manipulation of perception. Through his exhibitions,
Jeppe Hein became famous in an international context through his many exhibitions, such as his participation in the Venice Biennale in 2003, above all arousing interestwith his rigorous geometric and interactive works. The artist staged further exhibitions in Stuttgart, London, Copenhagen and Liverpool in which interactive situations were a typical fea