Lot 226
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Josephine Meckseper (B. 1964)
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Josephine Meckseper (B. 1964)

Untitled (End of Democracy)

Details
Josephine Meckseper (B. 1964)
Untitled (End of Democracy)
Inkjet print, Plexiglas, torso of plastic mannequin, metal stand and mirror on wood
overall: 56 3⁄8 x 48 1⁄8 x 48 1⁄8in. (143.3 x 122.2 x 122.2cm.)
Torso of plastic mannequin and metal stand: 26 3⁄8 x 11¼ x 6 5⁄8in. (67 x 28.5 x 17cm.)
Inkjet print in Plexiglas: 11¼ x 8 5⁄8 x 2½in. (28.5 x 22 x 6.5cm.)
Glass plinth: 30 x 48 1⁄8 x 48 1⁄8in. (76.3 x 122.2 x 122.2cm.)
Executed in 2005
Provenance
Elizabeth Dee, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
S. Lotringer, Josephine Meckseper, New York 2006 (illustrated in colour, p. 28).
J. Cape, Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, London 2009 (illustrated in colour, p. 492).
E. Booth-Clibborn (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London 2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 550).
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, USA TODAY New American Art from The Saatchi Gallery, 2006-2008 (illustrated in colour, p. 262). This exhibition later traveled to St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
London, Saatchi Gallery, Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art From Germany, 2011-2012 (illustrated in colour, p. 110).
Worpswede, Worpsweder Kunsthalle, Josephine Meckseper, 2012-2013.
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

Meckseper's politically engaged works highlight ongoing problems of corporate corruption, status anxiety, social privilege and representations of women. They are also a chilling reminder of the excesses and distortions of capitalism, which has created a world in which, she would argue, there is no separation between materialism and political ideology: we are what we buy.

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