Jochem Hendricks (born ) is a contemporary artist from

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, Germany.''

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'', "Art and man-made diamonds", 13 August 2007 One of his works which asked "far-reaching questions about the value and meaning of labour" involved paying

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s to count millions of sand grains over a period of over eight years. His earlier work included "eye drawings" whereby his pupils were tracked by a head-mounted scanner; the results were printed out and exhibited at the

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. His first solo exhibition in London was held at the

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in August 2007. In 2013,

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exhibited a collection of his installations, sculpture, film and paintings.DAILYLIVE, ''

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'', 9 March 2013

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Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Artists from Frankfurt 1959 births Year of birth uncertain {{Germany-artist-stub