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Coordinates: 51°18′48″N 9°29′50″E. 7000 Oaks – City Forestation Instead of City Administration ( German: 7000 Eichen – Stadtverwaldung statt Stadtverwaltung) is a work of land art by the German artist Joseph Beuys. It was first publicly presented in 1982 at documenta 7 . The project.
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Overview. Joseph Beuys’s project 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) began in 1982 at Documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany. His plan called for the planting of 7,000 trees—each paired with a columnar basalt stone approximately four feet high and positioned above ground—throughout the greater city of Kassel.
Jun 21, 2021 · Beuys conceived 7000 Eichen (or Oaks) as a way of re-connecting the traumatised citizens of Kassel – which had been heavily bombed in World War Two – with their natural environment, and...
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen - objekte. Kunstveren Bremerhaven, Karlsburg ‘7000 Oak Trees‘, Joseph Beuys, 1982
With these statements, Joseph Beuys has provided an unusually extensive and detailed account of the aesthetic and philosophical impetus underlying the realization of his work 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks).
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Joseph Beuys. Germany. 12 May 1921 – 23 Jan 1986. Details. Alternative title. 7000 oaks – city forestation instead of city administration (7000 Eichen – stadverwaldung statt stadtverwaltung) Place where the work was made. Germany. Date. 1982-1987. Media category. Sculpture. Materials used.
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Apr 26, 2020 · 7000 Oaks. 7000 Oaks is an environmental artwork created by German artist Joseph Beuys. The artist proposed a plan to have 7000 oaks trees planted across the Germany city of Kassel, each tree accompanied with basalt stone, 4 feet high above the ground.