After reading an interview with Hocks, I've found he is much like myself. Even though he is a Dutch, middle-aged man, we are quite alike. He uses himself to play a character, who he says does not represent himself, caught in different absurd situations. Hey, that sounds like what I did last semester. However, Hocks has been doing this for nearly 40 years.
Working in large-scale, Teun Hocks hand paints his photographs that have a film-still-esque quality to them. He is focused on having the audience relate to his character in their circumstances. "...I wanted to take the idea of looking at art literally, so that you really want to get in—and to feel it." - Teun Hocks.
The similarities continue: Teun Hocks likes to work by himself, knowing all the elements he wants and how he wants them done. He also works by starting with sketches, to get his half-ideas into whole ideas. He says, "I have to draw to think." I work in a similar manner, except my sketches look terrible, and absolutely nothing like his. I mean, look at this example below.
Drawing for Untitled Untitled
Hocks really helps reassure me that what I'm working on isn't totally un-relatable or bogus. I think the infusion of humor would be a great quality to push for my work this year, as humor has gotten smarter and more important in modern day life. This work is great and encourages Escapism, which is what I'm working with. There are more of his photos below:
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/13675/teun-hocks/
http://www.teunhocks.nl/Teun_Hocks/Fotowerk_Photo-works.html
http://www.ppowgallery.com/images/uploads/05089.pdf
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