Teun Hocks (1947-2022) - Man on a Bicycle

This print / photo without a title featuring the image of a man on a bicycle (man on a bicycle) was created by Teun Hocks. The print / photo is a 1996 edition from Randstad Uitzendbureau of a photo by Teun Hocks from 1993. In the lower left of the photo is the printed text: Teun Hocks produced this untitled artwork in 1993. This photo is part of Randstad's photo collection “Werk.” The passe-partout also bears the Randstad logo blind-embossed in the bottom right corner, with Randstad Uitzendbureau behind it. The print / photo, measured on the inside of the passe-partout, is 34.8 cm long by 24.8 cm wide; the outside of the passe-partout measures 50 cm long by 40 cm wide.

Teun Hocks was one of the founders of Dutch staged photography. His tragicomic works, in which he himself plays the leading role, occupy a space between photography and painting.

Antonius Christiaan Maria (Teun) Hocks, born 10 June 1947 in Leiden, died 27 February 2022 in Rotterdam, was a Dutch photographer, collagist, painter, draftsman, performance artist, screen printer and filmmaker. Teun Hocks studied at the Academy for Visual Arts St. Joost in Breda. He was a drawing teacher at the Design Academy Eindhoven (School of Industrial Design) and a teacher of photography and drawing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. In 1992 Teun Hocks won the Capi-Lux Alblas Prize. He lived and worked in Breda, Breukelen (Utrecht) and Nieuw-Vennep. Teun Hocks has held exhibitions and solo shows all over the world, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, the United States, Italy, Canada, Spain and China."