Jonathan Meese
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Jonathan Meese (born January 23, 1970, Tokyo) is a German painter, sculptor, performance artist and installation artist based in Berlin and Hamburg. His (often multi-media) works include collages, drawings and writing. He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play, "De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur" in 2007 at the Volksbühne Theater.
Meese attended Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, but left the school before completing his studies and was picked up by Berlin gallery Contemporary Fine Arts. An early installation Ahoi de Angst was presented at the first Berlin Biennale in 1998. Susanne Titz, writing about the Biennale said, "It was thus clear that Meese had indeed put his finger on the pulse of his generation and presented it." [1] According to Karel Schampers, "Jonathan Meese can tell a story in such a gripping way that you would never have the idea to doubt its truth. Especially his installations benefit from this quality," [2]
He has been included in exhibitions “Spezialbilder” at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, “Grotesk!” at Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt and “Schnitt bringt Schnitte” at Ausstellungsraum Schnitt in Köln. Recent exhibitions include Thanks, Wally Whyton (Revendaddy Phantomilky on Coconut Islandaddy) at Modern Art, London, and a performance at Tate Modern, entitled Noel Coward Is Back — Dr. Humpty Dumpty vs. Fra No-Finger. [3] [4] He has exhibited at Modern Art, London, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, and Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca.
He is represented by Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, Leo Koenig in New York, and Modern Art in London. In 2007 he collaborated with the composer Karlheinz Essl on the installation FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS shown at the Essl Museum in Vienna/Klosterneuburg.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Titz, Susanne. (2007). "Mr. Deltoid's a.k.a. Urleandrusus' Sonnenallee AHOI DE ANGST FAIR WELL Good Bye". In Mama Johnny. Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 321
- ^ Schampers, Karel. (2007). "Sherwood Forest: Jonathan Meese and Jörg Immendorff". In Mama Johnny. Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 316
- ^ Melissa Gronlund (February 20, 2006), Jonathan Meese, ARTINFO, <http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/11876/jonathan-meese/>. Retrieved on 14 May 2008
- ^ artforum.com
[edit] External links
- Jonathan Meese at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- First Berlin Biennale (by David Allen and Dominic Eichler in Umelec International, 1/1999)
- Jonathan Meese: Fräulein Atlantis multimedia room installation for the Essl Museum
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf: Jonathan Meese, works
- Jonathan Meese at the Saatchi Gallery
