Albert Oehlen and Jonathan Meese - Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York Thursday, March 4, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance


    Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

  • Catalogue Essay


    Johanna Adorjan: A practical question: How do two artists work together? Empty canvas. Someone starts. How? What gets discussed and agreed in advance?
    Albert Oehlen: It works more or less like this interview.
    Jonathan Meese: Yes, you kick the ball in a certain direction and…
    AO: …then watch where it goes out of the corner of your eye.
    JM: And sometimes it comes back. Adorjan: One of you says “Collage!” and then waits to see how the other will react?
    AO: At the start, we didn’t know what we were going to do. The idea that a collaboration might be worthwhile came from the material Meese had been using. There was a connection.
    J. Adorjan, “We are a Reproach to Art History: Albert Oehlen, Jonathan Meese,” Rheingold III, Frankfurt am Main, 2005, p. 75

15

Storm

2004

Oil and inkjet print on panel.

81 1/2 x 110 1/2 in. (207 x 280.7 cm).
Signed and dated “J. Meese A. Oehlen 03” lower right.     

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

4 Mar 2010
New York