Jonathan Meese
Der Ölsheriff Japans
. 2002.
Oil on canvas.
Lower right monogrammed and dated. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 100 x 80 cm (39.3 x 31.4 in). [JS].
• From Meese"s best creative period around the turn of the millennium, when he established his characteristic style with impasto painting and the combination of text and image.
• Since 1998, Meese has been represented by CFA Berlin, and became the celebrated enfant terrible of the up-and-coming Berlin art scene in the years that followed.
• In the 2000s, Meese intensively explored fictional film heroes, negative or tragic historical figures and his own artistic personality in the form of provocative role portraits.
• "The Oil Sheriff of Japan" - a masterful fusion of autobiographical, historical and fictional references that create a fantastic portrait characterized by a fascinating lightness.
• A similar portrait is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
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