HC

Works

installation view
*Fuoco Alle Galere,* Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2019

*Fuoco Alle Galere 1/14*
2023
porcelain
29.3 × 29.3 cm

*Fuoco Alle Galere 4/14*
2023
porcelain
29.3 × 29.3 cm

*Fuoco Alle Galere 14/14*
2023
porcelain
29.3 × 29.3 cm

*Mario e Caetano*
2023
porcelain
17.5 × 12 cm (espresso plates)
5.5 × 16.5 cm (espresso cups)

installation view
*City’s,* Sweetwater, Berlin, 2021

installation view
*Non Dentro Ma Intorno A Noi,* Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2021

*Kissing Vessels*
2021
hand blown glass on wooden shelf
21 × 84 × 19 cm

*Kissing Vessels*
2021
hand blown glass on wooden shelf
18 × 15 × 10 cm

*Non Dentro Ma Intorno A Noi*
2021
ccrylic on found canvas
50 × 71 cm

installation view
*Friend of a Friend,* Piktogram, Warsaw, 2021

installation view
*Damien & The Love Guru,* Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2019

Statement

HC is a collective endeavour exploring modes of thinking and working with more than one mind. Founded in Brussels in 2016 by Friedemann Heckel (based in Berlin) and Lukas Müller (based in Frankfurt). It is a format that allows the two artists to create unexpected and at times participatory situations and environments. The initials that make the name were diced – a fact that speaks about how chance and play might influence the transformative nature of this collective.

Education

Friedemann Heckel

Meisterschüler, class of Michaela Meise, Universität der Künste, Berlin, 2012
BA Fine Art, class of Lothar Baumgarten, Universität der Künste, Berlin, 2011
Universidade de Belas Artes, Lisbon, 2010

Lukas Müller

Guest Student, class of Michael Krebber, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., 2018
BA Fine Art, class of Albert Oehlen and Andreas Schulze, Dusseldorf, 2013

Solo exhibitions

Figuring Things Out, Sweetwater, Berlin, 2022
Non Dentro Ma Intorno A Noi, Damien & The Love Guru, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2021
Art-O-Rama, Lucas Hirsch, Marseille, 2019
Damien & The Love Guru, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2019
Transparencies, Sauvage, Bonn, 2018
Die Lange Weile, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2018
Alle Pizze Fast Rund, Pogo Bar at KW Institute, Berlin, 2017
Art Cologne, Lucas Hirsch, Cologne, 2017
Incident, Kunstaele, Berlin, 2016

Selected group exhibitions

Matchmaker, Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
Act 1, A Piece of Furniture, Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin, 2021
City’s, Sweetwater, Berlin, 2021
Friend of a Friend, Croy Nielsen, SVIT and Damien & The Love Guru for FOAF, Piktogram, Warsaw, 2021
Where Do Streams Run To?, Damien & The Love Guru and Lucas Hirsch, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2019
To Eggs and Other Shells, Thomas Fischer, Berlin, 2018
To Lie In The Cheese, To Smile At The Butter, Kunstaele, Berlin, 2016
Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2016

Related activities

Exhibition In the On-Board-Bistro Collaborative Curating, seminar, HFG Karlsruhe, 2022

Publications

Two Hands Painting, 2019
Transparencies, 2017

Press

Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
‘HC: Thinking With More Than One Mind’, Francesco Tenaglia, Conceptual Fine Arts, 2021
Non Dentri Ma Intorno A Noi, GalleriesNow, 2021
Die Lange Weile, ArtForum, 2018
Die Lange Weile, KubaParis, 2018

installation view, Fuoco Alle Galere, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2019

Fuoco Alle Galere 1/14, 2023, porcelain, 29.3 × 29.3 cm

Fuoco Alle Galere 4/14, 2023, porcelain, 29.3 × 29.3 cm

Fuoco Alle Galere 14/14, 2023, porcelain, 29.3 × 29.3 cm

Mario e Caetano, 2023, porcelain, 17.5 × 12 cm (espresso plates), 5.5 × 16.5 cm (espresso cups)

installation view, City’s, Sweetwater, Berlin, 2021

installation view, Non Dentro Ma Intorno A Noi, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2021,

Kissing Vessels , 2021, hand blown glass on wooden shelf, 21 × 84 × 19 cm

Kissing Vessels, 2021, hand blown glass on wooden shelf, 18 × 15 × 10 cm

Non Dentro Ma Intorno A Noi, 2021, ccrylic on found canvas, 50 × 71 cm

installation view, Friend of a Friend, Piktogram, Warsaw, 2021

installation view, Damien & The Love Guru, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2019

Italian Vessel, 2019, carved wood