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Jonathan Meese

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Mixed MediaContemporaryPop ArtPerformance Art

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• Contemporary
• Pop Art
• Performance Art

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WikidataQ459431

MoMA

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Why this artist matters now

Jonathan Meese stages immersive environments that function as psychological and ideological battlegrounds, combining maximalist visual excess with theatrical gesture across painting, sculpture, installation, and performance. Working from Berlin, he employs vivid color, found materials, and confrontational imagery drawn from art history, politics, and popular culture. His practice resists contemplative distance in favor of sensory and conceptual collision.

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Contemporary

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Mixed Media

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (6)

Der Lieferservice – Knackfrisch

2008 · 7-inch vinyl record

cover: 7 × 7" (17.8 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Teezeremonie – (nett)

2008 · 12-inch vinyl record

cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/4" (31.1 × 31.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Interventions: Cooperation Secession: Young Scene

1998 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rittertoni-De Räuber

1998 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and cut-and-pasted chromogenic color prints with felt-tip pen, crayon, synthetic polymer paint, and pressure-sensitive tape on paperboard

45 1/8 x 57" (114.6 x 144.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Am in Town Again, Sorry

1995 · Synthetic polymer paint, felt-tip pen, and pressure-sensitive tape on paper

39 1/8 x 27 1/2" (99.4 x 69.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ihr Winselnden

1995 · Ballpoint pen on paper

12 x 16 7/8" (30.5 x 42.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Rago	Nov 2025	$10,000 – $15,000	Unsold

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