Works
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John BockDead + Juicy: Hut, 2017 -
John BockSweat Production, 2015
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John BockAbove the Point of the Glowing Silence, 2013
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John BockOhne Titel, 2020
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John BockOhne Titel, 2020
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John BockSchwarzkogler, 2014
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John BockSelf Portrait, 2010
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John BockDie abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepaeck verheddert sich im weissen Hemd, 2009
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John Bock1 Million $ Knödel Kisses, 2002/03
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John BockPARA-SCHIZO, ensnarled, 2008
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John BockBüchse, 2008
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John BockPalms, 2007
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John BockAlice Cooper, 2001
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John BockBoxer, 2002
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John BockWhen I am Looking Into the Goat Cheese Baiser, 2001
Exhibitions
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John Bock: PARA-SCHIZO, ensnarled
October 26 - December 16, 2023After a five-year hiatus, German artist John Bock is returning to New York to inaugurate his eleventh exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery with a 'lecture' (performance) on the night of...Read more -
Twilight Proximity Corpus
John Bock January 12 - February 20, 2021In his tenth exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, German sculptor and performance artist John Bock presents twenty-five new 3D collages. While constructed out of simple materials, these works contain the...Read more -
NOW ON VIEW AT 16 EAST 55TH STREET
December 9 - 23, 2020Read more -
John Bock and David Shrigley
WINDOW, 91 Walker Street New York, NY (corner of Walker and Lafayette Street) January 10 - February 28, 2020For its inaugural display at WINDOW, Anton Kern Gallery is presenting two works: a neon sign by David Shrigley (mis)spelling Exibition as well as a sculpture plus video by John...Read more
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Dead + Juicy
John Bock October 31 - December 1, 2018For our eighth exhibition with German artist John Bock, Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to present Dead + Juicy, a film and sculptural installation commissioned by The Contemporary Austin, which...Read more -
A Week of Films @ Anton Kern
John Bock, Lothar Hempel, Marcel Odenbach, Wilhelm Sasnal, David Shrigley December 14 - 21, 2013Read more -
Above the point of the glowing silence
John Bock October 25 - December 14, 2013Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to announce an adaptation of John Bock’s Above the point of the glowing silence (2013), originally performed last June in the Giardino delle Vergini for...Read more -
Im Schatten der Made
John Bock June 30 - August 12, 2011Im Schatten der Made (In the Shadow of the Maggot), 2010 74:16 minutes Written and directed by John Bock. With: John Bock, Matti Isan Blind, Heiner Franzen, Friederike Kempter, Adrian...Read more
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John Bock
February 27 - April 3, 2010Opening Reception and Lecture: Monday, March 1 from 5 - 7 pm February 10, New York—The fifth solo show at Anton Kern Gallery of German artist John Bock includes a...Read more -
Friends & Family
June 26 - August 8, 2008June 14, 2008—The premise for “Friends and Family” is simple: each gallery artist was asked to submit one work of art along with a work by an artist friend and...Read more -
8 1/2 x 11, mit Schisslaveng
John Bock December 6, 2006 - January 5, 2007“8 1/2 x 11 mit Schisslaveng” John Bock’s current roof installation at Anton Kern Gallery will be moved to a new location in Chelsea, reconfigured and exhibited during the month...Read more -
John Bock & Bendix Harms
October 16 - November 13, 2004Anton Kern Gallery is proud to present John Bock’s fourth exhibition at the gallery. The show is part of a series of curatorial projects that build upon the idea of...Read more
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John Bock
July 12 - August 25, 2001Please call to confirm location! Anton Kern is opening the new space in Chelsea with John Bock on May 30th John Bock will perform an ‘Action’ at 7 p.m. Even...Read more -
Meech City
John Bock May 31 - July 6, 2001Read more -
Farmslave Performance & Show
John Bock February 18 - March 27, 1999Read more
Publications
Press
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John Bock: Dead + Juicy
Jessica Holmes, The Brooklyn Rail, November 26, 2018 -
Dead + Juicy
John Martin Tilley, Office Magazine, November 7, 2018 -
Navigating the Fluxus Labyrinth at Frieze New York
Zöe Lescaze, ARTNews, May 13, 2015 -
Arte in azione che cattura il pubblico E i prezzi non sono mai alti
Marina Mojana, The Art Newspaper (Italy), November 1, 2014
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Gory Details: John Bock Taps the Grotesque to Jolting Effect
Sabine Weier, Blouin Artinfo, April 11, 2014 -
John Bock
Josie Thaddeus-Johns, Sleek, November 20, 2013 -
John Bock's Unorthodox Machines
Yannis Tsitsovits, Under/Current Magazine, December 1, 2011 -
John Bock
Anne Doran, Art in America, November 1, 2011
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John Bock
Amanda Coulson, Frieze, November 1, 2011 -
"In the Shadow of the Maggot" at Anton Kern Gallery
Will Heinrich, New York Observer, August 9, 2011 -
John Bock: In the Shadow of the Maggot
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, August 5, 2011 -
Art Review: John Bock, “Im Schatten der Made (In the Shadow of the Maggot)”
Howard Halle, TimeOut New York, August 2, 2011
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Polke's $1.2 Million Corpses, Glitter, Horror Film
Katya Kazakina, Bloomberg, July 19, 2011 -
John Bock: Modern Automation
Elizabeth Key, artnet, July 1, 2011 -
Artist of the Week 99: John Bock
Skye Sherwin, Guardian UK, August 4, 2010 -
Review: John Bock
Coline Millard, Modern Painters, July 15, 2010
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Art in Review | John Bock
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, April 2, 2010 -
John Bock: An artist suggests how to deal with what life throws at you
Merrilly Kerr, TimeOut New York, March 25, 2010 -
John Bock
The Art Newspaper/The Armory Show, March 5, 2010 -
Art in Review: Anti-Mainstream Museum's Mainstream Show
Roberta Smith, New York Times, March 4, 2010
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When Derives a Dèrive?
Emily Nathan, ARTSlant, March 1, 2010 -
John Bock: Hide and Seek
Sally O'Reilly, Art Review, May 1, 2007 -
John Bock
Detlev von Jouanne, Flash Art, January 1, 2007 -
New York Tales
Andrea Bellini, Flash Art, January 1, 2007
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John Bock
Emily Hall, Artforum, January 1, 2007 -
Art in Review | John Bock
Andrea K. Scott, The New York Times, November 24, 2006 -
Spray the Ketchup, Fling the Lettuce
David Galloway, ARTNews, May 1, 2006 -
Ars Combinatoria
Jens Hoffmann, Parkett, February 1, 2005