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Auction archive: Lot number 21

Jonathan Meese

Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$63,434 - US$95,152
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 21

Jonathan Meese

Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$63,434 - US$95,152
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Berlin Zeitgeist! A selection from the Adam Lindemann collection of contemporary German art Jonathan Meese Stalinietzsche de Large, im achten Ozean 2006 Bronze with green and white patina on stone base. 66.7 x 45.7 x 85.7 cm (26 1/4 x 18 x 33 3/4 in). Incised with initials, title, date 'JM 06 STALINIETSCHE' and numbered of three on the reverse. This work is from an edition of three.
Provenance Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Catalogue Essay In his search for the Arch-State of Atlantisis, Jonathan Meese seeks to live out his utopian reflections and reconstructions of German history and mythology. While working with a wide range of different mediums, Meese utilises a constant theme of symbols that allude to characters in literature, cinematography, history and pop culture. Amongst others, Meese’s artistic realm is inhabited by personalities such as Scarlett Johansson, Richard Wagner Balthus and Zardoz, whose historical contexts are manipulated by consistent interweaving and superimposition. Following this line of thought, Meese creates the work Stalinietzsche de Large, im achten Ozean in order to leave its spectators puzzled by the interlinking of Stalin, Nietzsche and the Iron Cross. As a master of provocation, Meese intentionally violates all conventions and rules in order to create a free space for thought, a field of artistic experimentation. Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
13 Oct 2010
Auction house:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

Berlin Zeitgeist! A selection from the Adam Lindemann collection of contemporary German art Jonathan Meese Stalinietzsche de Large, im achten Ozean 2006 Bronze with green and white patina on stone base. 66.7 x 45.7 x 85.7 cm (26 1/4 x 18 x 33 3/4 in). Incised with initials, title, date 'JM 06 STALINIETSCHE' and numbered of three on the reverse. This work is from an edition of three.
Provenance Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Catalogue Essay In his search for the Arch-State of Atlantisis, Jonathan Meese seeks to live out his utopian reflections and reconstructions of German history and mythology. While working with a wide range of different mediums, Meese utilises a constant theme of symbols that allude to characters in literature, cinematography, history and pop culture. Amongst others, Meese’s artistic realm is inhabited by personalities such as Scarlett Johansson, Richard Wagner Balthus and Zardoz, whose historical contexts are manipulated by consistent interweaving and superimposition. Following this line of thought, Meese creates the work Stalinietzsche de Large, im achten Ozean in order to leave its spectators puzzled by the interlinking of Stalin, Nietzsche and the Iron Cross. As a master of provocation, Meese intentionally violates all conventions and rules in order to create a free space for thought, a field of artistic experimentation. Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
13 Oct 2010
Auction house:
Phillips
London
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