Pamela Kort

Published to accompany an exhibition at David Nolan Gallery, Jonathan Meese showcases the painting, drawing and sculpture of the German artist (born 1970). Addressing certain uneasy aspects of German political history, Meese's work adopts ideological symbols only to empty them of meaning.

Michael Williams (b. Doylestown, Pa., U. S., 1978; lives and works in Los Angeles, Ca.) is known for paintings whose source materials have been subjected to both analog and digital processes in an effort to render the fragmented nature of our existence today. During the lockdown, he created six large-format collage paintings. To make these modern history paintings, he mounted paper printouts on canvases and reworked the pictures with paint. They are, in short, classic collages, as in the exhilarating days of DADA, when the photographic image from newspapers first transmigrated into art. Michael Williams studied fine arts at Washington University, St. Louis, and has exhibited widely, including at the Wiener Secession, Vienna, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.