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AN INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH BEUYS. JOSEPH BEUYS STANDS ALMOST ALONE in post-war German art as a sculptor of major importance. Born in Kleve in 1921, he first became known in the late 1950s as the leading advocate of Fluxus “action art”—performance pieces whose American counterpart is the early Happenings of Kaprow, Oldenburg, Paik and Whitman.
Social sculpture is a phrase used to describe an expanded concept of art that was invented by the artist and founding member of the German Green Party, Joseph Beuys. Beuys created the term "social sculpture" to embody his understanding of art's potential to transform society. As a work of art, a social sculpture includes human activity that ...
Jun 25, 2021 · Alongside the rise of the activist movements in the late 1960s, the German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) proposed his concept of "social sculpture"-a method of fostering creativity, aimed at transforming society through interdisciplinary dialogue-as an alternative to the chaotic political, economic, and social life of postwar West Germany.
Joseph Beuys, Celtic + ~~~~, 1 of 13 parts, 1971, silver gelatin print, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas) In this action, Beuys represents Christ himself, giving a lecture on modesty and service instead of dominance.
Joseph Beuys and the Coyote It was 1974 when Beuys arrived in New York City, ready to tackle a whole new challenge and create what was to become one of the most famous works of art of the time. Upon arrival, his assistants wrapped him in a large piece of felt and transported him, by ambulance, to the René Block Gallery in SoHo.
Dec 1, 2015 · Joseph Beuys at the National Gallery of Canada is a rare opportunity for audiences to experience works by one of the 20th century’s most influential artists. Beuys is renowned for introducing a new theory of sculpture, and an expanded concept of art, in the years following the Second World War. Spanning four decades of the late German artist ...
The turmoils of World War II. Beuys grew up in the small village of Kleve, during the period when Hitler came to power and turned Germany into a dictatorship. In 1940, at age 19, he joined the German air force and for five years of World War II, he served as a fighter pilot. He was wounded several times and interned in a British prisoner-of-war ...
