
Pharao Messegurke mit Tinten-fischaugen, im Sakrophagys de Pflaumenmus
2003
A wildly gestural and anarchic canvas by German artist Jonathan Meese, this work erupts with his characteristically raw, expressionistic energy, layering urgent mark-making with symbolic imagery and cryptic textual fragments. The painting's absurdist title — roughly translating to "Pharaoh Trade-Show Cucumber with Ink-Fish Eyes, in the Sarcophagus of Plum Jam" — reflects Meese's irreverent mythologizing, collapsing ancient iconography into grotesque, carnivalesque fantasy. Presented in the artist's own hand-constructed frame, the work extends Meese's totalizing vision, insisting that the boundaries of art, ritual, and spectacle are inseparable.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, in artist's frame
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- Auction House · Phillips
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April 6, 2017
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