Though Dutch artist Teun Hocks--performer, photographer, painter--is widely known and shown around the world, this will be his first English-language book In it, Hocks plays his signature role, which Janet Koplos describes as A¬an innocent Everyman in an always strange and often funny worldA®, in scenes that range from burlesque to tragicomic огзэй His lonely Buster Keaton-like persona perseveres through odd and unforgiving environments, struggling to find stable ground in an unstable, even absurd, universe LifeA­s complications and challenges take the form of impossible Rube Goldbergian contraptions fraught with psychological implications Each engaging image captures one moment of an implied narrative, triggering questions about how the protagonist ever got himself into such a fix and what in the world will happen next Hocks begins by sketching out various one-man narratives, and then poses himself in a carefully plotted setup against his own painted backdrop After photographing the scene, he paints in oil on top of the resulting oversize gelatin silver print In addition to his painted photographs,Teun Hocks includes drawings, Polaroids and studio shots that illuminate the artistA­s creative process The wit, elaborate technique and rich colors of HocksA­s images combine to form an irrepressibly original oeuvre.  Автор музыки:2006 г Твердый переплет, 95 стр ISBN 1931788782.