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Jonathan Meese — Oh Herbst Du
Jonathan Meese

Oh Herbst Du

2007

A riotous triptych bursting with raw, visceral energy, Jonathan Meese layers oil paint, photographic imagery, collaged paper and card, and waxy scrawled marks into a densely packed, mythological fever dream. Found objects protrude from the canvas surface, collapsing the boundary between painting and sculpture, while the artist's hand-made frame further asserts the work's status as a total, all-consuming environment. Meese's characteristic fusion of art-historical references, personal iconography, and ecstatic gesture conjures an ode to autumn as a season of transformation, decay, and anarchic creative force.

Medium
oil, photo, card and paper collage, found object and wax crayon on canvas triptych, in artist's frame

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Jonathan Meese, Oh Herbst Du, 2007

A riotous triptych bursting with raw, visceral energy, Jonathan Meese layers oil paint, photographic imagery, collaged paper and card, and waxy scrawled marks into a densely packed, mythological fever dream. Found objects protrude from the canvas surface, collapsing the boundary between painting and sculpture, while the artist's hand-made frame further asserts the work's status as a total, all-consuming environment. Meese's characteristic fusion of art-historical references, personal iconography, and ecstatic gesture conjures an ode to autumn as a season of transformation, decay, and anarchic creative force.

Medium
oil, photo, card and paper collage, found object and wax crayon on canvas triptych, in artist's frame
Year
2007
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

German Artist, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Raw And Gestural, Collage, Contemporary Artist, Figurative Art, Triptych, Neo-Expressionism, Found Objects

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