JONATHAN MEESE, Nabob zu Nabob = D.A.F. (Menschheit), 2000
130 x 60 x 8 cm
plastic shopping bag, text on paper and mixed media: collage with colour photo, red paint, one dollar banknote, sock, injection syringes, printed matter
3 parts, folded as issued
2x signed, dated
edition 100 + 20 AP
published by Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
€ 1.200,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
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This edition is one of the few larger objects consisting of a unique collage and a sheet of paper with a text written in felt pen ink. Each multiple came with a plastic shopping bag, hence three parts.
Jonathan Meese is known for ‘Repeating incantations aloud or holding up cardboard signs with formulas as if to invoke the gods and placate them. Consequently, Meese designed an amulet for texts on art. It is amazing how Meese’s artistic repertoire changes in these amulets entitled “Nabob to Nabob = D.A.F. (Humanity)” condensed. Announcement Texte zur Kunst, 2000.
The cardboard amulets are roughly held together by pieces of cardboard or wood and glue, which is reminiscent of Meese’s quickly built structures made of wooden sticks. The amulet also pushes his cult around the new wave band D.A.F. (German-American Friendship).
Half of the edition was published with collages, each made as a unique object. A part is dated 2001. The other half consisted of hexagonal hangers made of plexiglass with a portrait of one of the members of the Electropunk and cult band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.
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Extra information about the other half of the TzK edition:
JONATHAN MEESE, ‘Stirnband ‘Bruzzzelee’, Shing Shang Scheu, 2009
27 x 14 x 20 cm
styrofoam, fabric, paint, acetate
edition 120 + 20 AP, here nr 64/120
signed, numbered
pristine condition
published by Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, Germany
€ 3.600,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registered mail
History of prices:
eBay-galerie-m1, Edenkoben, Germany € 4.000,- 5 September 2021
eBay-sehfahrt, € 5.400 – € 7.560 8 August 2021
Galerie m2, Ebenkoben, Germany € 3.500,- August 2013
eBay, € 658,- April 2010
JONATHAN MEESE, Blue Nick, 1999
20,9 x 30,3 cm
unique drawing on photo print: marker on Fujifilm Print
signed, dated
condition: pristine
€ 1.200,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
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This drawing on photo print is a pendant of “Gold Nick” made on the same day in 1999.
JONATHAN MEESE, Ausgewählte Schriften zur Diktatur der Kunst, 2012
40 x 30 cm
canvas, plaster, book, paint
edition 20 + 5 A.P.
numbered, signed
published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Cologne, Germany
not available
JONATHAN MEESE, Scarlettierbaby’s Raspberry Mouth Spirit, 2010
bottle 1/2 litre 40% vol., grey cardboard box
edition 40, signed
comes in original cardboard box
published by Brigade Commerz, Pforzheim, Germany
€ 240,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace EU registered mail
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Jonthan Meese’s adapted label of ‘Scarlettierbaby’s Raspberry Mouth Spirit’, 2010
JONATHAN MEESE, Grappa d’Annunzioz, 2009
height bottle: 32 cm / box size: 37 x 11,5 x 10 cm
bottle 1/2 liter 40% vol., ceramic black Iron Cross, sealed banderol, cardboard box with label
edition 40, here number 25/40
signed, hand numbered
published by Brigade Commerz, Pforzheim, Germany
mint condition
€ 450,- plus Track & Trace EU registered mail
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JONATHAN MEESE, Swing your Thing – Bergkapelle Mount Everest, 2009
drawing on cover, double LP, vinyl
signed, dated
edition unknown
not available
Musically, “Swing Your Thing” is a stunning mix of New Wave in the spirit of early Atatak and Zick Zack releases, exotic Sci-Fi soundtracks and raw Techno in the vein of Electronicat. “Bergkapelle Mount Everest” is the second project by artists Jonathan Meese and Tim Berresheim, originally released as three-sided LP in 2003. This time Meese’s lyrics relate to the world of the mountains in an almost radioplay-like piece of music.
History of prices offered or determined by:
Live Auctioneers, New York, USA € 400 – € 750 March 2013