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OF MEESE AND MANHOOD - JONATHAN MEESE
2006
Overview
Goose-stepping across the stage, gripping an iron cross attached to a human skull, swearing profusely against a backdrop of his neo- German Expressionist paintings, artist Jonathan Meese offers more than just a glimpse into one of the paradoxes of mankind: our lust for power and pleasure despite our urge to rebel against them. Born in 1970 in Tokyo, Meese later studied art in Germany at the Hamburg Art Academy. A precursory glance at Meese's performance art, paintings, and sculpture suggests what 20th- In defiance of the revolutionary threads that tie most artistic movements together, Meese makes a grand spectacle of moving art back -- conceptually at least -- to a place of celebrated mythology. A self-proclaimed \"cultural exorcist,\" Meese relishes the good, the bad, and the ugly as a visual artist. His large-scale paintings are replete with comic-strip imagery, B-movie kitsch, self-portraiture, and unmistakable, violent nods to German Expressionism, providing a front-row seat to his bloody, sexual, and cultural train wreck. Meese's bronze sculptures are Medusa-like constructions, ghoulish renditions of himself or historical figures. Most seem to melt into the base like untended candles. The two bronze self-portraits that Meese offers at SITE, arranged in front of his own mammoth canvases, blur the lines of gender and beauty and seem to almost parody the artist as celebrity. with his love of music and dramatic flair. As a child, Meese developed his own language consisting of 13 words and \"two to four grimaces.\" He uses this and other languages -- as well as historical and pop-cultural iconography (Adolf Hitler, Superman) -- in chaotic stage rituals rich with messianic overtones. An unmistakable message comes through in his performances: art, like life, should have its moments of ultimate discord. Meese presents Total Revolution = Dr. Eldorado at the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater on Saturday, July 8, and the performance, while primarily
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Santa Fe New Mexican
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