Go See: Jonathan Meese ‘Metabolism. No Zen in the the Bronxen, You Atomic Human Toy’ at Galerie, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Through January 17, 2009
December 2nd, 2008
Jonathan Meese outside Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac with one of his sculptures, via Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.
Now on display at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg, Austria is German artist Jonathan Meese’s most recent sculptural works. Meese has been known in particular as a performance and installation artist but has recently renewed his artistic focus on the classic forms of painting, drawing, and sculpture. Though varied are his mediums Meese’s works are known to employ a constant theme of symbols, signs, and badges that serve as figurative allusions to characters in history, fictional literature, and current pop culture that are as varied as Stalin and Scarlet Johannson. The artist’s work also serves as a reflection and reconstruction of German history and mythology. This exploration has lent the artist to be compared to fellow German artist Anselm Kiefer whose work, especially that of the 1970′s, drew substantial inspiration from the history of Nazi Germany.
Press Release [Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac]
Jonathan Meese at Thaddaeus Ropac [Contemporary Art Daily]
Ich bin ein artist [TheMoment]
Installation view of a sculpture via Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.
Installation view of sculpture via Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac.
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Thanks for the link. It’s interesting that Meese keeps getting more and more restrained. Even in his Bortolami show this summer, while writing on the wall about “The Dictatorship of Art,” he showed mostly paintings and discreet sculptures. I miss the Meese of his 2007 show at the De Appel: ugly, fucked up, largely impenetrable installation. But this fancier Meese is still engaging, and probably worth a “Go See.”
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