Jonathan Meese

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Description

Jonathan Meese
Der Werwolfmeese de Mees
signed with the artist's initials and dated 2004; signed twice, titled, dated twice 2004, inscribed and collaged with Xeroxes and color photographs on the reverse
oil and color photograph collage on canvas, in 2 parts
82 3/4 by 110 1/2 in. 210 by 280.5 cm.

Provenance

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

Exhibited

Deichtorhallen Hamburg and traveling, Jonathan Meese – Mama Johnny, April 2006 - January 2007, pp. 216-217, illustrated

Catalogue Note

"I think that the artist is totally un-free. Always. And that is his free-ness. That is his freedom. Because the only thing that is totally free is the art. And the art as god takes me when it loves to take me. And it also destroys me when it loves to destroy me. Without any reasons. This is what I love about art." - Jonathan Meese ("Jonathan Meese: Conversation with Sue de Beer and Felix Ensslin", Issue Magazine, no. 9, March 2006)