
Mama Johnny (Noel Coward is Back)
2005
A commanding bronze sculpture by Jonathan Meese, "Mama Johnny (Noel Coward is Back)" channels the artist's signature blend of theatrical mythology and cult-of-personality obsession. The work's metallic permanence contrasts with its carnivalesque energy, evoking the ghost of Coward's dandyish wit filtered through Meese's anarchic, art-as-total-dictatorship philosophy. The piece pulses with an almost performative weight, as if the bronze itself is staging a dramatic return from the cultural underworld.
- Medium
- bronze
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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September 26, 2018
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