About
Artist statement, biography and press.
“In the work of art, it is through the simultaneity of present and remembered sensation that our world first becomes real.”
Jochen Hein
At first glance, Jochen Hein’s paintings appear to be fascinating instances of landscape painting. When we fully engage with them, however, the artist takes us on a metaphysical stroll. On our way through his landscapes, we encounter insights not only into our own perception, but also into our own existence in the world. What do we see and what do we think we see?
Jochen Hein’s painting thematically engages with the double reflection of the surface—in the figurative as well as in the literal sense. This surface turns out to be surprisingly deep. The controlled chance deployed in the painting process creates a complexity that time and again confronts the artist, and the viewer, with the essence of reality. Jochen Hein “dis-illusions” our viewing habits and expectations. With each step one takes closer, his images increasingly atomize into pure color. This abstraction and timelessness, based on the absence of all traces of civilization, create an openness in the work that offers space for subjective memories. Jochen Hein both lets us see the landscapes through his eyes and creates places of collective visual memory. Perception, imagination, memory, and reflection overlap to produce a recognition that makes a true picture possible in the first place. – Anne Simone Krüger
Biography
1960 born in Husum, Germany
1983 studied at HAW, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft, Hamburg, Germany
Jochen Hein lives and works in Hamburg and at Lago di Como.
Public Collections
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Sammlung Ana und Reinfried Pohl, Marburg
Sammlung Leibinger-Kammüller, Stuttgart
Sammlung Hess, Hamburg
Sammlung Morsch, Föhr
Volksbank Aschaffenburg
Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr
and in numerous other private collections in Europe and in the USA
Press
Hatje Cantz
Hatje Cantz
"REFLEXION", text to the catalog "Reflexion", Anne Simone Krüger, 9th Sep 2019
Hatje Cantz
"I Expose Sentations", text to the catalog "Reflexion", Holger Liebs, 5th Sep 2019
shz.de
"Bilder von Meer und Küste", Kunst im Museum Kunst der Westküste, 25th Feb 2020
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
"Das Meer ist demokratisch, es nimmt jeden", Feuilleton, Bernd Noack, 10th Jul 2018
Husumer Nachrichten
"Malerei zwischen Trotz und Trost", 5th Jul 2018, Rüdiger Otto von Brocken
Hamburg History Live Magazin
"Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung", Jenny Wirschky, Jan 2018
Boyens Verlag
Interview Nicole Büsing & Heiko Klaas
Hatje Cantz
Hatje Cantz
Spiegelberger Stiftung
"Ateliergespräch", Rene s. Spiegelberger, Spiegelberger Stiftung, 23rd May 2012
Hamburger Kunsthalle
"Die zweite Natur", Christoph Heinrich, Leiter der Galerie der Gegenwart, 15th Jan 2003