David Nolan Gallery presents a selection of new paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Jonathan Meese
Installation view. Courtesy the Artist and David Nolan Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY
.-David Nolan Gallery is presenting ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (DR. SPACE-ANIMALISM ,,E.A.G.L.E.: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE), a selection of new paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Jonathan Meese. The exhibition marks the artists second collaboration with the gallery and his first show in New York in five years. These works were produced in the last 12 months in the midst of the global quarantine, apart from the social interactions of daily life. Greeted with isolation, the artist delves into a vocabulary both real and imaginary, armed with a rich arsenal of cultural references and a penchant for the fantastical. Meese invites the viewer, without prejudice or preconceived notion, into his dynamic, spectacular universe.
Jonathan Meese inaugurates a new space at Tim Van Laere Gallery with a new series of ceramic masks
Installation view.
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.- This space - intended for more experimental, small-scale presentations and adjacent to the main exhibition space - will be inaugurated by a solo exhibition of Jonathan Meese who will present a new series of ceramic masks. Although all of Meeses work flows from a philosophical position he has defined for his artistic pursuit, sculpture is the way he gives permanence to his ideas.
His bronze and ceramic figures are essentially surrogates for Meese and the various guises he assumes as well as for the forces of good and evil that he channels when he performs. These ceramic masks combine elements of painting with sculpture and are made with gestures that suggests the artists sense of play as an essential part of the work.
In Istanbul: Elgiz Museum of Modern Art Marks Its 20th Anniversary Published January 26th, 2021 - 06:55 GMT
12th Terrace Exhibition, “Despite All” (Instagram )
Highlights
It is a reflection of depressing moments that we lived through
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, a small private museum located in Istanbul’s Maslak district offers a respite from the office spaces that surround it.
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art is a private museum located in Istanbul’s business district, Maslak. It was established as Turkey’s first contemporary art museum by collectors Sevda and Can Elgiz in 2001. It is an unlikely sight, a small building tucked away amidst skyscrapers, but staffer Irem Saritekin says that is also an advantage.