Jeppe Hein's sculpture and installations explore the relationship between viewer and artwork. Using the minimalist aesthetic of the archetypical cube, Hein's Shaking Cube is both sculpture and mechanical object. Framed by an invisible field of motion sensors, the work is impelled by the movements of the viewer. Using sculpture as an expanded field of social interaction, Hein calls into question traditional perceptions and functions of art, creating a work that can only be experienced through the viewer's participation.

selected SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

Johann K'nig, Berlin

Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg

Moore Space, Miami Beach

Invisible Labyrinth, Centre Pompidou, Paris

La Salle de Bains, Lyon

2004

Anziehung/Absto?ung, Galerie f'r zeitgen?ssische Kunst, Leipzig

Villa Manin, Udine, Italy

Interventionen 35: Jeppe Hein, Sprengel Museum, Hannover

Ludwig Forum f'r Internationale Kunst, Aachen

Flying Cube, P.S.1, Long Island City

Kunstmuseet K'ge Skitsesamling, Denmark

2003

Fundaci? La Caixa, Barcelona

Take a walk in the forest at sunlight, Kunstverein Heilbronn

Presenting/Representing, Gallery Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

Bear the Consequences, Brandstr'm & Stene, Stockholm

2002

Take a walk in the forest at moonlight, capcMus'e d`art contemporain, Bordeaux

360? Presence, Johann K'nig, Berlin

Action in Space / Space in Action, Lenbachhaus Museumsplatz, M'nchen

2001

Sving, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt

jeppe hein Interview

Kopenhagen met Jeppe Hein to have a chat about his exhibition at Galleri Nicolai Wallner. His work is minimalist, the ideas stripped of unnecessary noise and presented in their purest form, invitingly clear for the viewer.

You've been looking forward to having a show here in Copenhagen at Galleri Nikolai Wallner.

Yes ? it's always been one of my big goals to exhibit at Wallner, ever since he started his own gallery. Last year, when I had an exhibition at Galleri Johann K'nig in Berlin, Johan arranged a meeting for me with Nicolai, who was down there to see the show.

I've been wanting to show the home public what I've been up to, but I've only ever exhibited abroad. Now people can come in and see my work in person, instead of seeing and hearing about in via other media.

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