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Just one week before Art Basel Miami Beach, VernissageTV had the chance to have a look at the new exhibition space of the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection, located in the Design District in Miami. The new museum will open on Wednesday this week, and when we visited the space, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, their staff, and several of the artists were busy with installing the works and the final preparations for the opening.

One of the artists we met was Jonathan Meese, who was installing his work “Ich mach’ mein Ding – Love like Blood” in a distinct room, together with his gallerist Bruno Brunnet of Contemporary Fine Arts and his team. In this video, Jonathan Meese talks about his installation at the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection and why art will rule the world.

This is an excerpt of the interview, the full-length version is available after the jump. Also available: Interview with Rosa de la Cruz.

Interview with Jonathan Meese at Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection, Miami, November 27, 2009. Interview: Sabine Trieloff.

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Johnny Come Home is the title of the current exhibition at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin. The gallery presents new work by Jonathan Meese (through October 28, 2006). Jonathan Meese was born 1970 in Tokyo, from 1995 to 1998 he studied at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in Hamburg. Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin. Impressions from the opening reception, September 30, 2006. Related videos: Jonathan Meese: Johnny Come Home / Contemporary Fine Arts / part 1/2, Jonathan Meese / Mama Johnny / Deichtorhallen Hamburg / part 1, Jonathan Meese and Tal R at Fine Art Frankfurt part 1.
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• Jonathan Meese: Johnny Come Home / Contemporary Fine Arts / part 1/2

The current exhibition at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin presents new work by Jonathan Meese. The show’s title is “Johnny Come Home”, the exhibitions runs through October 28, 2006). Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin. Impressions from the opening reception on September 30, 2006, part 1/2. Related videos: Jonathan Meese / Mama Johnny / Deichtorhallen Hamburg / part 1, Jonathan Meese and Tal R at Fine Art Frankfurt part 1.
Update (07/29/2007): Is Jonathan Meese a faschist?
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“Whereas Meese is well-known for his extraordinary performances, the fusion of “grand” theatre and exhibition is new terrain for the exceptional multimedia artist. In invariably overextravagant scenery settings made out of pictures, texts, emblems, signs and symbols, objects, and word-creations that deal with every imaginable person of power, myth and historical greatness of mind, stars and starlets of pop-culture, or with his heros from fiction and film, Meese creates his own universe far removed from the norm. It is populated by Caligula, Stalin, Marquise de Sade, Richard Wagner, Balthus, Zardoz or Dr. No, to name but a few of the people and figures whom Meese gives new contexts of meaning to, and in doing so, intentionally goes beyond conventions and follows his own laws.” (PR Deichtorhallen). Opening reception “Mama Johnny” at Deichtorhallen, play “Kokain” and after show party, Hamburg, Germany, April 27, 2006. Part 3/3. PS: Hallo Polizei!
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Jonathan Meese (born 1971 in Tokyo) grew up near Hamburg where he studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste. He lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg. With “Mama Johnny” he is now presenting his first extensive exhibition in his home town. At the center of the exhibition is an 8 meter high, 20 meter wide and 40 meter tall “Black Box” in which Meese installed the stage for the “Kokain” production at the Berliner Volksbühne. There’s also the installation “MOR”, a pink castle which Meese conceived with TAL R, the “Maldororturm”, and the “Parsival Head”. The exhibition includes collaborative works with Jörg Immendorff, Albert Oehlen and Daniel Richter. Opening reception at Deichtorhallen with play “Kokain” and after show party, Hamburg, Germany, April 27, 2006. Part 2/3.
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Jonathan Meese belongs to the German elite of younger artists who currently find international recognition. The current show at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg is the first comprehensive display of Jonathan Meese’s work in Germany. On around 2500 sqm the exhibition “Mama Johnny” comprises a total of 150 paintings, sculptures, photographic works and installations. On April 27th and 28th, the director Frank Castorf and the ensemble of the Volksbühne performed exclusively in Hamburg the production of Pitigrilli’s scandalous 1920’s novel “Kokain”. The fully functional theater is produced by Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin. Exhibition and theater are intertwined in Meese’s show at the Deichtorhallen like rarely seen before. On May 24th, Jonathan Meese himself can be seen on the revolving stage with his performance of “THE GEOMETRICAL GOD” (the hermetic, ZEUSLIKE NEUTRALITY of Tyrannis). Opening reception at Deichtorhallen and after show party, Hamburg, Germany, April 27, 2006. Part 1/3.
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Jonathan Meese talks about excitement, performances, deadlines, improvisation,
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PS: Jonathan Meese, “Mama Johnny“: April 30 – September 3, 2006, Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Jonathan Meese, installation “Mor”, Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin / Fine Art Fair Frankfurt 2006, Frankfurt / Main, March 15, 2006.
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Jonathan Meese talks about the Geometrical God, exhaustion, new energy, good, bad and super performances, motivation, a new deal, the work with other performers, the Volksbühne, his own theater play, loosing weight, his beard and injuries.
PS: Jonathan Meese, “Mama Johnny“: April 30 – September 3, 2006, Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Jonathan Meese, installation “Mor”, Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin / Fine Art Fair Frankfurt 2006, Frankfurt / Main, March 15, 2006.
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Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin is showing an installation called „Mor“ by Jonathan Meese and Tal R, created by the artists for an exhibition in the Statens Museum for Art, Kopenhagen (October 8th, 2005 – January 8th, 2006). Inside a pink-coloured castle with the size of 4,40 x 10,70 x 11 m Meese and TAL R have arranged their newest sculptures, paintings and photographs to an impressing ensemble. Watch the artists talking to journalists and visitors during the Fine Art Fair Frankfurt. Contemporary Fine Arts was founded in 1992 and is directed by Bruno Brunnet, Nicole Hackert and Philipp Haverkampf. Originally located in Berlin-Charlottenberg, in 1996 the gallery moved to its present location in the Sophien-Gips-Höfen in Berlin-Mitte, near to the Museumsinsel. Upcoming exhibition is Tal R, new sculptures, April 28 – June 3, 2006. Fine Art Fair Frankfurt 2006, Frankfurt / Main, March 15, 2006.
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