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Bold textChairperson, adjudicators, members of the audience, I propose to you the life of one Johnathan Meese Myers. He was a brave little cowboy. He enjoyed the good things in life: orange juice; apple juice; organic cheese juice. He always stuck to his beliefs. He believed in Santa Clause and crucifixion. And so here begins the sad, tragic story of his death. That is to say his life, that is to say his existance, that is to say his lack of being.

Now, moving away from the blabber, and onto the blabberings. May I introduce to you one bat and two frogs. They were funny. They died. But in a good way to laugh at. That is to say crucifixion.

And in this way, Johnathan Meese Myers became a happy child. In 1991, he was elected President of the United States of America. He made several important changes in the world, including the introduction of mandatory screening for plague in infants below the age of 23. A mutiny occured directly, and he was left on a desert island to eat tuna. He never escaped, but instead spent his last years building a crucifix on which to mount himself. The crucifix was ten feet tall and fourteen feet wide, because he made a minor error in his his calculations. That is to say that he put it up wrong.

In closing, Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to propose the motion that this article was written out of dehydration.Bold text

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+'''Bold text'''Chairperson, adjudicators, members of the audience, I propose to you the life of one Johnathan Meese Myers. He was a brave little cowboy. He enjoyed the good things in life: orange juice; apple juice; organic cheese juice. He always stuck to his beliefs. He believed in Santa Clause and crucifixion. And so here begins the sad, tragic story of his death. That is to say his life, that is to say his existance, that is to say his lack of being.
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+Now, moving away from the blabber, and onto the blabberings.
-[[Image:Skeleton_meese.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jonathan Meese ist Mutter Parzival]]
+May I introduce to you one bat and two frogs. They were funny. They died. But in a good way to laugh at. That is to say crucifixion.
-'''Jonathan Meese''' (born [[January 23]], [[1970]], [[Tokyo]]) is a German [[painter]], [[sculptor]], [[Performance art|performance artist]] and installation artist based in [[Berlin]] and [[Hamburg]]. His (often multi-media) works include collages, drawings and writing. He also designs theater sets and wrote and starred in a play, "''De Frau: Dr. Poundaddylein - Dr. Ezodysseusszeusuzur"'' in 2007 at the [[Volksbühne]] Theater'''.
+And in this way, Johnathan Meese Myers became a happy child. In 1991, he was elected President of the United States of America. He made several important changes in the world, including the introduction of mandatory screening for plague in infants below the age of 23. A mutiny occured directly, and he was left on a desert island to eat tuna. He never escaped, but instead spent his last years building a crucifix on which to mount himself. The crucifix was ten feet tall and fourteen feet wide, because he made a minor error in his his calculations.  That is to say that he put it up wrong.
-Meese attended Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, but left the school before completing his studies and was picked up by Berlin gallery Contemporary Fine Arts. An early installation, "''Ahoi de Angst,"'' presented at the first Berlin Biennale in 1998, gained him international attention and caused his career to skyrocket.  He has worked virtually non-stop ever since.  His installations are results of his manic collecting of a unique style of cult and kitch paraphernalia which he presents in "works of remarkable formal effectiveness." <ref>[http://www.artpress.com/index.php?a_n=6&lang_uk= artpress.com]</ref> Of his work it has been written, "Jonathan Meese can tell a story in such a gripping way that you would never have the idea to doubt its truth. Especially his installations benefit from this quality," <ref>Schampers, Karel. (2007). "Sherwood Forest: Jonathan Meese and Jörg Immendorff". In ''Mama Johnny''. Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 316</ref>
-and, about the Berlin Biennale in particular, "It was thus clear that Meese had indeed put his finger on the pulse of his generation and presented it." <ref>Titz, Susanne. (2007). "Mr. Deltoid's a.k.a. Urleandrusus' Sonnenallee AHOI DE ANGST FAIR WELL Good Bye". In ''Mama Johnny''. Köln: Contemporary Fine Arts and Walther König, 321</ref> (To read a review of the biennale, see '''''External Links'''''.)
+In closing, Ladies and gentlemen, I beg to propose the motion that this article was written out of dehydration.'''Bold text'''
-The prolific artist views Art as completely independent of human influence.  He has stated, "Art is its own motive force, its own drive, its own instinct, its own reality, its own politics and its own confusion. For Art, human sensibility is simply not relevant." <ref>[http://www.artpress.com/index.php?a_n=6&lang_uk= artpress.com]</ref> His works are filled with references to history, literature, pop culture and the art world, which "constitute a portrait gallery that the German collector Harald Falkenberg has described as an “archeo-family.” <ref>[http://www.artpress.com/index.php?a_n=6&lang_uk= artpress.com]</ref> Meese explains that these figures are complete in themselves; they cannot be reduced, but are summed up in their name or their image, such as [[Napoleon]], [[Darth Vader]], [[A Clockwork Orange (film)|Alex De Large]], [[Ezra Pound]].  He favors gestures with this quality of totality as well, for example, the [[Hitler salute]] has factored heavily into his performances.
-He has been included in exhibitions “Spezialbilder” at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, “Grotesk!” at Schirn Kunsthalle  in Frankfurt and “Schnitt bringt Schnitte” at Ausstellungsraum Schnitt in Köln.  Recent exhibitions include ''Thanks, Wally Whyton (Revendaddy Phantomilky on Coconut Islandaddy)'' at [[Modern Art (gallery)|Modern Art]], London, and a performance at [[Tate Modern]], entitled ''Noel Coward Is Back &mdash; Dr. Humpty Dumpty vs. Fra No-Finger''.<ref>[http://www.artforum.com/diary/id=10553.htm artforum.com]</ref>  He has exhibited at Modern Art, London, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, and Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca.
-He is represented by Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin, Leo Koenig in New York, and Modern Art in London. Currently he is cooperating with the composer [[Karlheinz Essl]] on an installation shown at the Essl Museum in Vienna/Klosterneuburg.
-==Notes and references==
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-==External links==
-*[http://www.cfa-berlin.com/artists/jonathan_meese/ Jonathan Meese at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin]
-*[http://www.divus.cz/umelec/en/pages/umelec.php?id=751&roc=1999&cis=1/The First Berlin Biennale (by David Allen and Dominic Eichler in Umelec International, 1/1999)]
-*[http://www.essl.at/works/atlantis.html Jonathan Meese: Fräulein Atlantis] multimedia room installation for the Essl Museum
-* Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf: [http://www.sieshoeke.com/artists/jonathan-meese Jonathan Meese, works]
-*[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/jonathan_meese.htm Jonathan Meese at the Saatchi Gallery]
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