Hein is a post-minimalist for our time. His work makes overt reference to the great mid-century artists like Penone, Lee Ufan, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein and others who pioneered the global birth of Minimalism and Conceptualism from the late 1950s through the 70s. This exhibition will include one of the artist’s acclaimed labyrinths indoor or outdoor sculpture works that echo the forms of both English gardens and the works of Richard Serra. In Hein’s iteration, a mirrored surface plays up the distortion of space between the viewer and the object, and heightens our response to the surrounding environment. Also on view will be Hein’s popular text boxes: neon illuminations that deploy phrases from yogic and other Eastern philosophy. These connect with Hein’s own spiritual practice, and invite the viewer into contemplation or meditation. Hein’s work further continues the notions of ’the sublime’ in the history of art: the depiction of light as having spiritual, spatial, and formal implications. The use materials like mirror and neon in the works shown here evoke this timeless, ongoing concept.
JEPPE HEIN
BORN
1974
Copenhagen
Lives and works in Copenhagen / Berlin
EDUCATION
1999
Städelschule, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main
1997
Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Copenhagen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Madison Square Park, New York
2008
ARoS Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark
Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, Great Britain (group show)
303 Gallery, New York, USA
Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Dan Graham)
afterwards Gallery Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
IMA – Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007
“Illusion”, Sculpture Center, New York
Madison Square Park, New York
“The World as a Stage”, Tate Modern, Lomdon (group show)
“Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear”, Carré d’art, Musée d’art Contemporain
de Nimes
Museum of Modern Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
“Distance”, The Curve, Barbican Art Centre, London
“Inbetween”, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
Masami Shiraishi, Tokyo
Johann König, Berlin
Carre d’art, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Nimes, France
Galerie Schöttle, Munich
Enel Contemporanea, Rome
JEPPE HEIN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2006
Diagonal Space, Base Room, Florence
Fontane, ZERO Gallery, Milan
Jeppe Hein: Reflection, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Sid Ned, Copenhagen
Jeppe Hein, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
Sommer i Praesto, Præstø, Denmark
Hayward Gallery, London
Delme Synagogue, Delme, France
“Usynlig Labyrint“, X-Rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Inaugural Exhibition, Johann König, Berlin
Præstø Kunstforening, Præstø, Denmark
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
2005
Simplified, Yvon Lambert, Paris
Distance, The Moore Space, Miami
Private Rain, Sculptureparc Bodø, Norway
Neonwall, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Invisible Labyrinth, Espace 315, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
Roller Coaster, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
Minimal Overload, Johann König, Berlin
New Minimal, La Salle de bains, Lyon
2004
Anziehung/Abstoßung, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Appearing Rooms, Villa Manin, Passariano, IT
Intervention Impact, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Distance, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Flying Cube, P.S.1. MOMA, New York
2003
Bear the Consequences, Gallery Brändström & Stene, Stockholm
Continuity Reflecting Space, Foundation La Caixa, Barcelona
Presenting/Representing, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Take a Walk in the Forest at Sunlight, Kunstverein Heilbronn
2002
Take a Walk in the Forest at Moonlight, CAPC Musee d`art Contemporain, Bordeaux
360° Presence, Galerie Johann König, Berlin
Space in Action / Action in Space, Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau München
Art Statements, Art Basel, Galerie Michael Neff
2001
Sving, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt / M.
JEPPE HEIN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2000
onepercent artspace, Video Lounge design, Stockholm Art Fair
1998
Summer, OTTO, Copenhagen
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
“Reconstruction #3: The Artists’ Playground”, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
2007
Von Ort zu Ort. Lichtkunstwerke in Parks, Vil en und Museen – Internationalen Lichttage
Winterthur 2007,Winterthur, Switzerland
“Absent Without Leave”, Victoria-Miro Gallery, London
“Made in Germany”, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
“The World as a Stage”, Tate Modern, London
“Phantasmagoria: Spectres of Absence”, iCi
Estuary, Nantes, France
“The Freak Show”, Musee d’art contemporain, Lyon, France
“Just Use It!” Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
“Half Square, Half Crazy”, Villa Arson, Nizza, France
2006 “This is not for you”, T-B A 21, Vienna
“Exportable Goods”, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
“No. 12 Loight Play”, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Momentum 2006, Moss, Norway
Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
Sid Ned, Copenhagen
Nichts, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
art06, Preston, UK
Testigos, Fundación NMAC, Cádiz, Spain
Johann König, Berlin
Kit-o-Parts, Neuchâtel, CAN
Le mouvement des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris
play station, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Backdrop, Bloomberg Space, London
2005
Visionäre Sammlung Vol. 1, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
The Pantagruel Syndrome, T1 Torino Triennial of Contemporary Art
Black Market Worlds, 9th Baltic Triennial of International Art,
CAC Vilnius & ICA Vilnius
Ecstasy. In and about altered states, MOCA. Los Angeles
Flux, Illuminate Productions, London
Kunst findet Stadt, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
JEPPE HEIN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
Wall to be destroyed, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Extra Ordinary, Kulturhuset Stockholm
Tanz im August, Berlin, Siemens Arts Program
Esprits du Lieu, Château du roi René, FRAC , Tarascon, FR
Sous les ponts, le long de la vallée, Casino Luxembourg
Light Lab. In the name of the light, Museion, Bolzano, IT
L’œil moteur, Les musées de Strasbourg
A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Kunst aus den nordischen Ländern,
Kunstverein Kehdingen
Moving parts, Museum Tinguely, Basel
universal experience. art, life, the tourist eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Parklandschaften, Lüdenscheid
2004
Moving Parts, Kunsthalle Graz
Connected Presence, Union Gallery, with Johannes Wohnseifer, London
Intervention Impact, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Tra Monti 04, Rome
Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery New York
Gegen den Strich, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Rum I Rum, Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum, Hjørring, DK
A Secret History of Clay: From Gauguin to Gormley, Tate Liverpool
Quicksand, De Appel, Amsterdam
Gallery Jan Mot, Brussels
2003
Jeppe Hein, ROR ProjectRoom. Helsinki
Western, Charlottenborg, Autumn Show, DK
2nd Biennial of Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Albisola
Ten years Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Skulpturenpark, Graz 2003 Kulturhauptstadt Europas
Auf eigene Gefahr, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/ M.
Interludes, 50th Biennale di Venezia
Das lebendige Museum, MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt / M.
aufgeschraubt & abgestaubt, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
The Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art, London
Schnittprojekte, Schnittraum, Köln
JEPPE HEIN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2002
Ingrepp, Uppsala Kunstmuseum, Uppsala
I promise it is political, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Fuzzy, Galerie Minini, Brescia
Inside/ Outside, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Gangurinn The Corridor Gallery, Reikjavik
Hell, Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin
No Return. Positions from the Collection Haubrok, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
2001
Meglepetes 2 / Surprise 2, Budapest
F20 P01. Frankfurter Positionen 2001, Städelschule Frankfurt / M.
Changes possible, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
Stage. Design of meeting point for interviews and discussions, in connection with the
IASPIS, Venice
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein
Arbeit, Essen, Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
Strategies against Architecture II, Pisa
Take off 20:01, Aarhus Kunstmuseum
2000
Festival Junger Talente, Frankfurt/M.
Dynamo Eintracht, Hauptzollamt, Städelschule Frankfurt /
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Charlottenborg, Autumn Show
Mandelbaums Wunderöl, Köln – Berlin
onepercent artspace, Video Lounge design, Stockholm Art Fair
1999
On Paper, Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
Anarchitecture, De Appel, Amsterdam, in collaboration with Frans Jacobi
and Lars Bent Petersen
1997
Cellar, OTTO, Copenhagen
Ikea, Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition with Kenneth Balfelt
JEPPE HEIN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CATALOGUES
2008
Melossi, Enrica (ed.): Arte Contemporanea: Sei. Duemila. Special edition by il Gruppo
Editoriale L’Espresso S.p.A. La Biblioteca Di Repubblica-L’Espresso, 2008, pp. 114-115
2007
Kunde, Harald (ed.): Stichwort Gegenwart. Die aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme. Exhibition
catalogue. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen. Verlag der Buchhandlund
Walther König, 2007, pp. 208 – 211
Half Square Half Crazy, Exhibition at Villa Arson, Nice. Victor Buck, Luxembourg, 2007, pp.
24-25
Mchael Ammann: Nichts – Nothing. ed. Martina Weinhardt and Max Hollein, Schirn
Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Hatje Cantz, Frankfurt, 2007, pp. 162-163
Michel Gauthier, Jeppe Hein, Reflectingly Yours. Objects in the Mirror are closer than they
appear, Carré d’Art – Museé d’art contemporain de Nîmes, 2007 Royal Academy
illustrated, Ed. Bill Woodrow, Royal Academy of arts, London
2006
Jeppe Hein Until Now, Ed. Jeppe Hein, Koenig Books, London
Dorothea von Hantelmann: Formen des In-der-Welt-Seins – Bruce Nauman und Jeppe
Hein, Bruce Nauman – Mental Exercises, Ed. NRW – Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft
2005
The Pantagruel Syndrom, T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei, pp.284-287
ART NOW Vol 2, Ed. Uta Grosenick, Taschen, Köln pp.192-195
Most Wanted – The Olbricht Collection, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
Jeppe Hein, Ed. Centre Pompidou, Paris
Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière II, Casino, Luxembourg
evn sammlung 95-05 Gesamtkatalog der evn sammlung, EVN AG, Verlag der
Buchhandlung Walther König, Wien – Köln
A Whiter Shade of Pale – Kunst aus den nordischen Ländern an der Unterelbe, Kunstverein
Kehdingen/ Landschaftsverband Stade
2004
Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s First International Biennale, Catalogue, Alexandrina
Jeppe Hein, Appearing Rooms, Villa Manin, Codroipo
Gegen den Strich, Siemens Arts Program, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
JEPPE HEIN
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
2003
Performative Installation, Siemens Arts Program, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
The Vital Coincidence, Ed. Jeppe Hein and Finn Janning, Köln
Albisola, Ceramic Biennale, Attese
Raimar Stange: Zurück in die Kunst, Zurück in die Kunst, Rogner & Bernhard bei
Zweitausendeins, Hamburg
Straight or Crooked Way, Royal College of Art. London
Take A Walk In The Forest At Sunlight, Jeppe Hein, Kunstverein, Heilbronn
At your own risk, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main
Exempla 2003 – Werkstätten der Gartengestaltung, Ed. Handwerk, Munich, pp.40-41.
2002
Konstmuseet, Uppsala
I promise it`s political, Museum Ludwig, Köln
No Return, Collection Axel Haubrok, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Düsseldorf –
Köln
Jeppe Hein, Frankfurter Positionen, Frankfurt
2001
Arbeit, Essen, Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
49. Venice Biennial, IASPIS, Venice
Neue Welt, Kunstverein, Frankfurt
TAKE OFF, Kunstmuseum, Arhus
REAL OTTO, Borgen, Copenhagen
Festival Junger Talente, Jesper N. Jorgensen, Frankfurt
PRESS
2008
Komis, Dmitry, Review, Flash Art, May-June, Vol. XLI, No. 260.
Review, The New Yorker, April 14.
Gopnik, Blake, Review, Artforum, March 11.
Nathaniel McBride: The World as a Stage. in: Flash Art, Jan-Feb 2008, p. 86
Ida Christoffersen: “There’s Cheap Beer on Friday Afternoons.” in: Dansk, Edition 17, pp.
186-187, 2008
2007
Jeppe Hein, Tue Greenfort and Johannes Wohnseifer in: Karriere. ed. Jesper Jorgensen,
Niels sen, Peter Kirkhoff Eriksen, Maria Kjaer Themsen, Karriere A/S, #01, Copenhagen,
2007
Brigitte von Trotha: Objekte der Begierde. Manager, Hamburg, 12/07, S. 220
Judicaël Lavrador: Jeppe Hein dégourdit les formes. Beaux Arts, 2007, S. 106-107
Clemens Bomsdorf: Bar Karriere – Für Szene-Freaks und Wannabes. In: Art Das
Kunstmagazin
Ingeborg Wiensowski: Trink, trink, Künstler, trink. In: Spiegel Online, 16. November
Joseph R. Wolin, “Jeppe Hein: Illusion”: An uneven debut for a young Danish artist. Time
Out New York / Issue 629
Jessica Morgen, Catherine Wood: The World as a Stage, Tate etc, #11, London
JEPPE HEIN
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
2007
Elke Buhr: Made in Germany, FR-online, Hannover, May
Jeppe Hein, Artkey, special issue #2 L giguano, Sept., pp.26-27
Cecile Bourne: In the Open Air: The NMAC Foundation, Sculpture, Vol. 26, #5, June
Kito Nedo: Magische Fontänen, Berliner Zeitung, June 19, p.21
Petra Reichensperger: Spiel’s noch einmal, Zitty, #13, Berlin, p.110
Linda-Luise Tüting: Jeppe Hein. Art Investor, #2/2007, pp.60-63
Review, The New Yorker, April 14, New York
On a roll: Jeppe Hein, Art Review, #8, Feb., pp.28-29
2006
Profiles-Jeppe Hein, Contemporary 21, #87, pp.46-49
Top 100 Artists, Flash Art, Milan, Oct., p.68-69
Renato Diez: Art 37 Basel, Scoperte + Conferme, Arte, #397, Sept., p.94-99
Heiko Klaas: Physik, die Spaß macht, ART Das Kunstmagazin, #8, Aug.
Valerie Elliott: It will be all meat and no veg, The Times, London, July 29, p.38
Jeppe Hein, The New World of Art, #4/ 51/2006, St Petersburg
Toyoko Ito: Jeppe Hein, touch of ACTUS, Tokyo
Jeppe Hein fait danser l’eau et le feu, Le Monde, Paris, July 27
Berliner Premieren save the weekend, Artnet, May 5
Backdrop, Modern Painters, London, April
Kunstzeitung, #115, March, Regensburg, p.27
Killer Balls, PÀP, Feb.-Marc, p.26-27.
Lars Ole Knippel: Den Globale Pendler, Morgenavisen / Kulturweekend, Viby, Feb. 3, p.12-
13.
2005
Niklas Maak: Das Ausstellungswunder von Berlin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
Frankfurt, Dec. 22
Die letzte Lampe, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Dec. 21
Jeppe Hein: pinball wizard, The Art Newspaper, Miami, Dec. 3.
Dialog zwischen dem Betrachter, den Räumen und den Kunstobjekten, Kunst Forum
International, #178, Meisterschwanden, Nov. 2005-Jan. 2006, pp.147-155
Jeppe Hein: Espace 315 Centre Pompidou, Flash Art, Milan, Nov.-Dec., p.93
Jeppe Hein: zigzags postminimalistes, L’Œil, Paris, Nov.
Labyrintleg, Politiken, Copenhagen, Nov. 5, p.8
Jeppe Hein, labyrinthe invisible, www.culture.fr.
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp: The Art Trip, artnet Magazine, NYC, Oct. 21
Jeppe Hein: Cubes (portfolio), Les Cahiers du MNAM, #93, Paris, Autumn
Hans Trygve Holm: En mann og en benk, an.no, Oct. 28
JEPPE HEIN
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
2005
`J’ai testé… le labyrinthe invisible, Télérama, Paris, Oct. 26 p.18
Labyrinthe invisible, Juste une illusion, VSD, Paris, Oct.
Yasmine Youssi: Mémoire et trajectoire, Jeppe Hein, Zurban, Paris, Oct. 5
Yoann Gourmel: Œuvre à vivre, Citizen K, Paris, autumn 2005
Il labirinto invisibile di Jeppe Hein a Parigi, MOOD, Milan, Oct.
Muriel Denet: Jeppe Hein, Labyrinthe Invisible, www.parisart.com, Oct.
Emilie Villez: Jeppe Hein, Art21, Paris, Oct.-Nov., p.75
Artinvestor, #03/2005, Munich, p.94
FÜNF FRAGEN an Jeppe Hein, Zitty, Berlin, Sept. 29, p.35
Olivier Cena: Le sensuel et le non-sens, Télérama, Paris, Sept. 28
Jeppe Hein: Neonwall, Qantas, Sept., p.152
Sunanda Creagh: Smile, you’re on candid art, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Sept.
21
Anna Sansom: Jeppe Hein, Virtual Labyrinth, Eyemazing, #8, Amsterdam, Fall
Anne Laure Gannac: L’art renouvelé, Muze, Paris, Sept.
Giacomo Turolla: Nel labirinto dove artista e pubblico sono complici, Arte Italy, Sept.
Pol Oxygen, #14, Redfern
Se perdre dans un espace vide, 20 Minutes, Paris, Sept. 19
Save the Date, DS Magazine, Paris, Sept.
Pierre-Emmanuel Nyeborg: Labyrinthe et Unrestored, Têtu, Paris
Dans le labyrinthe de Jeppe Hein, Les Inrockuptibles, Paris
Anmeldelse: Jeppe Hein au Centre Pompidou, Kunstportalen, Aarhus, Sept. 30
Torben Weirup: Den usynlige udstilling, Berlingske Tidende, Sept. 22, p.6
Michel Gauthier: Attention à la boule et gare au cube / Minimalism with a Vengeance,
Artpress, Paris, Sept., p.30
Elisabeth Wetterwald: Dossier Jeppe Hein. La tête au carré, 02, #34, Nantes, Summer
Artpress, Paris, July-Aug., p.30
Henrik Wivel: Mange bolde i luften, Weekendavisen, Copenhagen, July 22-28
Cover, June-July, p.68
KunstbaZaren, Copenhagen, May
Les Inrockuptibles, Paris, May 10
Katrin Wittneven: Jeppe Hein, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, May 7, p.26
Exposition Minimaliste, Le Progrès, Lyon, April 28
Sanna Björling: Mer nordiskt på mässan, supplement Kultur, Dagens Nyheter,
Copenhagen, April 7, p.2
Berit Bergendahl: Speglar människan I konsten, Göteborgs-posten, April 7, p.88
Clemens Poellinger: Jeppe Heins verk vår saker att hända, supplement Kultur, Svenska
Dagbladet, Sthlm , April 7, p.7
JEPPE HEIN
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
2005
Ausflüge aufs Land – und zur Kunst, Mobil, April, p.92
Michel Gauthier: Jeppe Hein, 360° Presence, Frog, #1, Paris, Spring/Summer, p.80
Tomas Saraceno: Top Ten, Artforum International, New York, March, p.100
Jeppe Hein – Minimal Overload, Exibart, Firenze
2004
Flash Art, Vol. XXXVII, #238, Oct., p.106-109
Vincent Pécoil: Jeppe Hein, 02, #31, Nantes, Autumn, p.40
Art, July, p.14 & 93
Top Ten, Monopol, June
Catrin Lorch: Diese da ist meine!, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, May 13, p.36
Jutta Göricke: Dänen lügen nicht, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, May 12, p.12
James Westcott: Jeppe Hein, NY Arts Magazine, New York, May 19
Renate Puvogel: Jeppe Hein, Kunst Forum International, Meisterschwanden, p.354
Kirsty Bell: In the line of fire, Frieze, #81, London, March, p.88-91.
Aberto Rochira: Villa manin apre al contemporaneo, Il Piccolo, March 30
2003
Art in Culture, Vol. #4, Dec.
Nu-E magazine (Nordic Art Review online), #1, Sept. 24
Vincent Pécoil: Jeppe Hein, Flash Art, Vol. XXXVI, #231, Milan, July
Dominic Eichler: Jeppe Hein, Johann König Berlin, Frieze, #73, London, p.92-93
Kira Van Lil: Immer in einem anderen Licht, Art – Das Kunstmagazin, #2, Feb.
2002
Niklas Maak: Kunst: Die Rache des Minimalismus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 29,
p.19
Raimar Stange: Like a Rolling Stone? Zur künstlerischen Strategie von Jeppe Hein,
Kunstbulletin, Zürich, Nov.
Luca Cerizza: Jeppe Hein, Artforum, New York, Nov.
Raimar Stange, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Oct. 19
Zitty, Berlin, Oct., p.17-30.
Thomas Münster, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, June 17
Anne Erfle, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, May 29
Alexander Altmann, TZ, Munich, May 29
Simone Dattenberger, Münchner Merkur, Munich, May 29
Ingeborg Wiensowski, KulturSPIEGEL, #7, Hamburg, July
2001
Raimar Stange, Artist Kunstmagazin, #51, Bremen
NU: Art Magazin, TAKE OFF