Jonathan Meese: Totaler Metabolismus

by Jonathan Meese (Artist)

Berlin-based performance and multimedia artist Jonathan Meese strikes against “creativity” as a fashionable form of exclusive self-actualization via a storm of propaganda consisting of almost 400 collages and belligerent hand-illustrated manifestos. The book's title suggests a proclamation of the most ultra-radical utopia of all time, what its maker terms a “Dictatorship of Art.”

384 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2010

About the author

Jonathan Meese is a contemporary German artist. His works include paintings, sculptures, performances and installation or a combination of all of the above. He calls himself the "Ant of art", a pun on the resemblance of the german word for ant, Ameise, and his last name, but it is also a description of his mode of operation: he is constantly in action for the sake of art. He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play called "De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur" in 2007 at the Volksbühne Theater.
His usage of Third Reich symbols and gestures is seen as controversal in Germany, but as he explains in his work, this is part of his plan to diminish their symbolical power. Currently he is promoting the Dictatorship of Art as a method to overcome the faults and limitations of modern day states and democracies. His goal is to set the thing itself, art, as a ruler and not some human being.

Reviews

[Kidd Cravenhood · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a total fire of a hungry disconnected child. i eaten it, it was fantastic. Look for it and enjoy!!!