Born in 1966 in Antwerp, Belgium, Sven ’t Jolle lives and works in Melbourne and Antwerp. ’T Jolle uses a range of media including drawing, sculpture and installation. His work addresses current socio-economic practices that stem from Post-Fordist modes of production, such as the implementation of abusive managerial strategies like Toyotism within the work force to regulate and maximize productivity and labour relations. Often departing from real situations and events, his works are constructed as social commentaries that nonetheless acknowledge the rhetorical limits of aesthetic forms as well as the art market’s problematic economies of exchange. ’T Jolle uses various stylistic devices, including caricature, to materialize his critical content, acknowledging the futility of any attempt to circumvent art’s inevitable commodification. The title of his works further sharpen his proposals through their calculated use of word plays and metonymies that open up his poignant commentaries to a wider range of playful, yet related associations.
Sven ’t Jolle has recently presented solo exhibitions and projects at Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris (2009), Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp (2009), Vera Gliem Gallery, Cologne (2007), Stroom, The Hague (2007) and SMAK, Ghent. His work has also been shown as part of “Beaufort 03”, Triënnale voor hedendaagse kunst at Kunstmuseum aan zee, Oostende and different locations (2009), “Corpus Delicti” at Justitiepaleis, Brussels (2008), “Parkhaus” at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (2008), “Shadow Cabinet (three rendezvous)” at Extra City - Centre for Contemporary Art, Antwerp (2008), "Die Geschichte Sich Nicht! " at Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld (2007) and "Come-Back / le retour" at CRAC Alsace - Altkirch, France (2005).
Sven ’t Jolle is represented by Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp and Galerie Vera Gliem, Cologne.
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