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Jonathan Meese — Pharao Messegurke mit Tinten-fischaugen, im Sakrophagys de Pflaumenmus
Jonathan Meese

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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Jonathan Meese, 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
Year
2003
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Artist Frame, German Artist, Figurative Painting, Chaotic Composition, Bold Colors, Mixed Text And Image, Artist's Frame, Male Artist, Artist Framed, Mixed Iconography, Contemporary Artist, Dark Tones, Chaotic Energy, Symbolist Subject Matter, Symbolic Imagery, Mythological Imagery, Neo-Expressionism, Oil on Canvas

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