Jonathan Meese: Drawings. Vol. I

FORMAT: Hardback, 10 x 13.5 in. / 370 pgs / 360 color.
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ISBN: 9783931355418
PUBLISHER: Walther König/Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
AVAILABLE: 3/1/2008
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Jonathan Meese: Drawings. Vol. I

Published by Walther König/Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin.

In his early drawings from the 1990s--with their energetically-rendered juxtapositions of text and image--German artist Jonathan Meese gave voice to a particularly contemporary strain of abjection: “Soon I’ll have a lot to say, sorry,” reads one. “I feel like I’m shuddering all over,” declares another. And a third is helpfully labeled, “This is someone burning from the inside out.” Continuing in this vein, Meese’s captions illustrate hundreds of works--created on his mother’s living room floor while he was in his twenties, with the cheapest available materials. They feature Expressionistic figures with distorted features--and, though drawn with great urgency, feel very delicately composed. As seen together in this volume, the importance of these drawings emerges. They are the angst-filled foundation of Meese’s mature work--a tortured mélange of installation, sculpture and performance that is infamously contentious and internationally renowned.

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