| Jonathan Meese: Drawings. Vol. I Contributor(s): Meese, Jonathan |
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ISBN: 3931355411 ISBN-13: 9783931355418 Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag OUR PRICE: $308.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 10" W x 13.8" (6.50 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 m lange of installation, sculpture and performance that is infamously contentious and internationally renowned. |