Jonathan Meese | |
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 Jonathan Meese photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2017 | |
| Born | January 23, 1970 |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Performance art, Installation art |
| Notable work | Dictatorbaby Mary Poppin's Cats, Dogs and Eggpies (The Revolutionbaby de Large is Back) (2008), Spass an de Freud (Geburtstagsrevolution) (2008), Der Parteitag des Erzes (Dein Kind) (2006), |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| Awards | Berliner Bär (BZ-Kulturpreis), 2007 |
Jonathan Meese (born January 23, 1970, in Tokyo) is a German painter, sculptor, performance artist, and installation artist based in Berlin and Hamburg.[1] Meese's (often multi-media) works include paintings, collages, drawings and writing.[2] He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play, De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur in 2007 at the Volksbühne Theater.[3] He is mainly concerned with personalities of world history, primordial myths and heroes.[2] Jonathan Meese lives and works in Ahrensburg and Berlin.
- ^ Spears, Dorothy (3 August 2008). "Jonathan Meese, an Eclectic Artist With a Staple Gun, Takes Over the Watermill Center". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ a b Holzwarth, Hans Werner (October 1, 2009). 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z. US: Taschen America; 25 Slp Anv edition. pp. 372–377. ISBN 978-3836514903.
- ^ "Volksbühne Berlin". www.volksbuehne-berlin.de (in German). Volksbühne Berlin. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.