Jonathan Meese inaugurates a new space at Tim Van Laere Gallery with a new series of ceramic masks

Tomorrow, 4 February 2021, Tim Van Laere Gallery will open a new space in the gallery: the TVLG_Chamber. 

This space - intended for small-scale presentations and adjacent to the main exhibition space - will be inaugurated by a solo exhibition ofJonathan Meese who will present a new series of ceramic masks. Although all of Meese’s 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 artist’s sense of play as an essential part of the work. 

They stem from a personal mythologie that combines forces of good and evil drawn from ancient times, history, and contemporary popular culture. He often refers to various villains from science-fiction and pop culture, such as from the films Zardoz, James Bond and A Clockwork Orange. With these references, Meese strives to exorcise evil from the world.

Jonathan Meese
ERZCERAMICS DE LARGE (ABER BITTE MIT SAHNE) 
4 February - 6 March 2021
TVLG_Chamber
Tim Van Laere Gallery
Jos Smolderenstraat 50, 2000 Antwerp

Micha Pycke