More Heed - Timed Auction
31 AUGUST 2021 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2021Notes
This artwork is about the Jewish tradition of Kaparot, an atonement ritual involving a chicken. It sits in a wider body of work utilising the imagery of birds.
-based artist David Hochhauser (b. 1996) works primarily as a sculptor, using multiple different materials and approaches in his work. Having completed a Geography degree at King’s College London, he went on to study sculpture at City & Guilds London Art School, specialising in bronze work. He currently works as a practising studio artist and is studying an MSc in Anthropology. His work concerns itself with themes of diaspora, Jewish identity and iconography, (im)permanence, uncertainty and deconstructions of the figure.
King’s College London
City and Guilds London Art School
University of Oxford
Recent exhibition: 4 Artists, 3 Dimensions – Castlegate House Gallery
Instagram @david.hoch