Installation View "Meuser", MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Monterrey, Mexico, 2023

Meuser

Meuser was born in 1947 in Essen and currently lives and works in Karlsruhe. Between 1968 and 1976, he studied with Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich at Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. 1992 – 2015 he was a professor at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe.

Meuser has had numerous solo exhibitions, including Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2023), Skulpturenpark, Heidelberg (2020), Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe (2011), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2008), Oldenburger Kunstverein (2003), Staatliche Kunstakademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe (1996), and Kunsthalle Zürich (1991). In 1992 he participated in documenta IX in Kassel. Group exhibitions include Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2023); Margulies Collection, Miami (2022); Marta Herford (2018), Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2016); Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (2015); Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (2013); Kunsthalle Darmstadt (2012); Bonner Kunstverein (2007); ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe (2006, 2002); Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (2001).

His works are represented in renowned public and private collections: Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; ZKM / Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe; Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg; The Margulies Collection, Miami; Viehof Collection, Mönchengladbach; Frankel Collection, Bloomfield Hills.

Installation View "Meuser", MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Monterrey, Mexico, 2023

Pythagoras: a2 + b2 = c2, 2022, oil paint, primer and steel, 145 x 145 x 145 cm. On view at "Meuser", MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Monterrey, Mexico, 2023

Installation view "Hängepartie" Galerie Nordenhake Berlin 2024

Installation view "Hängepartie" Galerie Nordenhake Berlin 2024

Völlig Knülle, 2022, steel and oil paint, 70 x 86 x 32 cm, 27 1/2 x 33 7/8 x 12 5/8 in

Völlig Knülle, 2022, steel and oil paint, 70 x 86 x 32 cm, 27 1/2 x 33 7/8 x 12 5/8 in, detail

Installation view "Hängepartie" Galerie Nordenhake Berlin 2024

Halt den Mund, 2024, steel and oil paint, 109 x 80 x 13 cm, 42 7/8 x 31 1/2 x 5 1/8 in

Kokainhandel, 2019, steel and oil paint, 60 x 130 x 32 cm

Installation view: Close to the material, Galerie Nordenhake, Mexico City, 2021

Installation view: Close to the material, Galerie Nordenhake, Mexico City, 2021

Untitled, 2019, steel and oil paint, 126 x 31 x 17 cm, 49 9/16 x 12 3/16 x 6 11/16 in

Installation view: "Meuser", Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, 2019

Geschäftsaufgabe Rollentenverleih, 2012, steel, zinc, primer, 83 x 91 x 85 cm

Flachware, 2019, steel and oil paint, 103 x 53 x 20 cm

Wo geht's lang?, 2022, steel, primer and oil paint, 180 x 125 x 25 cm, 70 7/8 x 49 1/4 x 9 7/8 in

Dachschaden bei Hängung, 2018, steel, oil paint
133 x 80 x 50 cm

Untitled, 2020, steel and oil paint, 75 x 80 x 27 cm

Installation View "Meuser" Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm, 2019

Hungerhaken, 2019, steel, oil paint, 92 x 68 x 61 cm

Nackenrolle, 2019, Steel and oil paint, 70 x 35 x 23 cm

Untitled, 2019, steel and oil paint, 89 x 42 x 50 cm

Immer Ärger mit dem Zimmerservice, 2020, steel and oil paint, 200 x 110 x 30 cm

Gute Kiste, 2018, metal, oil paint, 72 x 46 x 45 cm

Mieder quadratisch, 2019, Steel and oil paint
41 x 46 x 26 cm

Plümo mit Ritze, 2017, steel, oil paint, 140 x 75 x 35 cm

Plümo mit Ritze, 2017, detail

Rotes Fenster, 2019, steel and oil paint, 117 x 82 x 33 cm

Installation view "Kann ich mich hier auch selbst einweisen?" Galerie Nordehake Berlin, 2017

Oben raus, hinten rüber, 2017, steel, oil paint, 80 x 60 x 60 cm

Installation view "Kann ich mich hier auch selbst einweisen?", Galerie Nordehake Berlin, 2017

Kreisverkehr, 2017, steel, oil paint, 160 x 138 x 80 cm

Kreisverkehr, 2017, detail

Untitled, 2020, steel and oil paint, 160 x 58 x 40 cm

Nichts für Omma und Oppa, 2017, steel, oil paint, 100 x 80 x 50 cm

Zwangsjacke, 2016, metal, paint, 100 x 87 x 48 cm

Rappelkiste, 2017, steel, oil paint, 2017 x 108 x 72 cm

Rappelkiste, 2017, detail

Jahresendzeitfigur, 2018, Metal, oil paint, 70 x 60 x 35 cm

Viereck im Vieleck, 2018, metal, oil paint, 110 x 50 x 32 cm

Stopfen ohne Garn, 2018, metal, oil paint, 45 x 31 x 32cm

Installation view "Herr Ober, zwei Doppelte", Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, 2014

Schluck Wasser von Else, 2010, chipboard, oil on steel, 2 parts: panel 105 x 86 cm, metal structure 71.5 x 104 x 74.5 cm

Metallblech, 1988, steel, primer, 240 x 140 x 15 cm

Metallblech, 1988, detail

Untitled, 2016, steel, paint, 125 x 90 x 70 cm

Untitled, 2016, detail

Meßstelle Rostock, 1990, steel, red lead primer (Bleimennige), 231 x 162 x 44 cm

Erwin Rommel II, 1990, Steel, primer, 230 x 130 cm

Kommt nicht in die Tüte, 2014, steel, paint, 163 x 120 x 42 cm

Untitled, 2008, steel, red lead primer (Bleimennige), primer, 2 parts (wall piece: 160 x 76 x 4 cm), floor piece: 131 x 73 x 89 cm

Lampe, 2012, steel, oil, 144 x 48 x 42 cm

Zu Ihrer eigenen Sicherheit: Geht nichts rein und geht nichts raus, 2012, steel, oil, 114 x 71.6 x 41.6 cm

Restalkohol, 2011, steel, oil, cement, 160 x 60 x 40 cm

Wenn es am Montag nicht besser wird, rufen Sie noch mal an II, 2002, steel, oil, 4 parts, each 96 x 60 x 11.5 cm

Erwin Rommel II, 1990, detail

Untitled, 1992, oil and graphite on paper, 22.5 x 31.5 cm, framed: 27 x 36 cm

Untitled, 1992, oil and graphite on paper, 22.8 x 31.5 cm, framed: 27 x 36 x 2.5 cm

Da haben Sie zwei Tunnel für dasselbe Geld, 1990, steel, primer, 140 x 270 x 5 cm

Untitled, 1990, pen on printed paper, 20.5 x 29.5 cm

Mailand, 1978/87, oil on iron, 99 x 54.4 cm, 39 x 21 3/8 in