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20 - Jonathan MEESE ERZMARSHALL XI - 2016 Acrylic on paper Signed…
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Jonathan MEESE ERZMARSHALL XI - 2016 Acrylic on paper Signed with initials and dated 48 x 36 cm Acrylic on paper; signed with initials and dated 18.9 x 14.2 in. Provenance: David Nolan Gallery, New York Florence and Daniel Guerlain Collection, Les Mesnuls FR Meese has developed an unclassifiable body of work, somewhere between expressionism and actionism, combining painting, sculpture, installations and performance. Combining historical, legendary and science-fiction references, his personal mythology conjures up characters as varied as Fantomas, Maldoror and Stalin, all avatars of the artist's identity. His work calls for the "dictatorship of art". His work questions the boundary between nature and culture, creativity and conformity, appearance and power, and proposes a singular philosophy in which art alone guides the course of the world. Jonathan Meese takes up and hijacks the popular (and worldwide) imagery associated with Nazism. For example, he makes extensive use of the Iron Cross and Fraktur (or Gothic) typography. Despite being banned by the National Socialists in 1940 as "writing for the Jews", Fraktur is still often associated with Nazism in people's minds. In itself, Jonathan Meese's painting - broad, vivid, colourful and expressive - is as reminiscent of Jean-Michel Basquiat as it is of Georg Baselitz. EN Meese has been developing an unclassifiable body of work, somewhere between Expressionism and Actionism, combining painting, sculpture, installations and performance. Blending historical, legendary and science-fiction references, his personal mythology conjures up characters as varied as Fantomas, Maldoror and Stalin, all avatars of the artist's identity. His work calls for the "dictatorship of art His work questions the boundary between nature and culture, creativity and conformity, appearance and power, and proposes a singular philosophy in which art alone guides the course of the world. Jonathan Meese takes up and hijacks popular (worldwide) imagery associated with Nazism. For example, he makes extensive use of the Iron Cross and Fraktur (or Gothic) typography. Although banned by the National Socialists in 1940 as "writing for the Jews", Fraktur is still often associated with Nazism in the imagination. In itself, Jonathan Meese's ample, vivid, colourful and expressive painting echoes Jean-Michel Basquiat as much as Georg Baselitz. Jonathan MEESE
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