Jonathan Meese: Drawings


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This book presents 355 "early" drawings from between 1993 and 1997--ball-point pen, felt-tip, in places coloured with watercolours, perfectly reproduced in colour and original size on simple typewriter paper."This is the sight of someone burning from the inside out. This is someone who has something to say, providing themselves with a mission that turns out some years later to be nothing less than a 'Erzrevolution'." Nicole Hackert




Jonathan Meese


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Jonathan Meese


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Jonathan Meese


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Jonathan Meese


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Meese's work includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and performances but also extends to writing, stage design, and directing within the field of theatre and opera. His practice addresses certain uneasy aspects of German political history and seeks to adopt ideological symbols and empty them of meaning. The subjects of his work have included Richard Wagner's three act opera Parsifal, and more recently, the American actor, John Wayne. Wayne's portrayals of unconquerable cowboys in over 80 Westerns, serve as the inspiration for a new suite of drawings entitled ERZMARSHALL. Newly conceived for the exhibition is an immersive installation that occupies an entire room. Combining painting, drawing, and sculpture, the work provides an environment in which the viewer can bear witness to Meese's wide-ranging imagination. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Jonathan Meese: DR. TRANS-FORM-ERZ at David Nolan Gallery, New York, 27 October - 17 December 2016.




Jonathan Meese


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Self-portraits tend to be associated with self-satisfaction or narcissism. But in Meese's case this couldn't be further from the truth. Everything points to his extreme modesty. He is just as happy to completely obliterate his ego. Featuring many unpublished works, this catalogue shows the development and significance of selfportrait in the œuvre of the artist.




Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Tal R


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Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter and Tal R ranks among contemporary art's international heavyweights. Now they have collaborated on a large-scale joint project for Holstebro Kunstmuseum.Jonathan Meese (Germany, b.1970), Daniel Richter (Germany, b.1962), and Tal R (Denmark, b.1967) are contemporaries, having in common a neo-figurative and neo-expressive approach to art-making.Individually, each artist has worked within traditional genres, but has also ventured into and experimented with ever new, more sculptural, theatrical-performative and installation-like forms. Collectively, there is much humour and existential pathos and protest at stake.They are not just colleagues but also personal friends. In the past, they have co-produced artistic projects by pairs, but never have all three come together to create a common project. 'The Men Who Fell from Earth' is a total staging of extremely rare character, created in the strong spirit of artistic collegiality and friendship.Accompanies the exhibition THE MEN WHO FELL FROM EARTH, 16 Sep 2017 - 7 Jan 2018, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Germany.




Jonathan Meese


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Jonathan Meese


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