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Subject to passionate controversy during his lifetime,
the work of Joseph Beuys is now considered one of
the most significant and influential contributions to
20th-century art.
This book provides a survey of Beuys’ oeuvre, which
he viewed as part of a larger, philosophically-based
practice emphasizing direct democracy, free access to
education, and the restructuring of society to meet
ecological requirements. A total of 152 works from
Beuys’ many fields of activity—drawings and watercolors,
prints and multiples, sculptures and objects,
spaces and happenings—arranged in chronological
order demonstrate the artist’s formal versatility,
creative richness, and conceptual depth. The peculiar
poetry of his materials—felt, grease, honey, wax,
copper, and sulfur—emerges along with the gentle
melancholy suffusing the work of this sensitive agent
provocateur. Alain Borer analyzes the world of Beuys’
thoughts and imagination with special reference to
the artist’s written and spoken statements.
the work of Joseph Beuys is now considered one of
the most significant and influential contributions to
20th-century art.
This book provides a survey of Beuys’ oeuvre, which
he viewed as part of a larger, philosophically-based
practice emphasizing direct democracy, free access to
education, and the restructuring of society to meet
ecological requirements. A total of 152 works from
Beuys’ many fields of activity—drawings and watercolors,
prints and multiples, sculptures and objects,
spaces and happenings—arranged in chronological
order demonstrate the artist’s formal versatility,
creative richness, and conceptual depth. The peculiar
poetry of his materials—felt, grease, honey, wax,
copper, and sulfur—emerges along with the gentle
melancholy suffusing the work of this sensitive agent
provocateur. Alain Borer analyzes the world of Beuys’
thoughts and imagination with special reference to
the artist’s written and spoken statements.
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About the Author:
Alain Borer is a French poet and writer. He has been a professor at the L'Ecole superieure des beaux-arts de Tours since 1979, and a visiting professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 2005.
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- PublisherSchirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 3829607334
- ISBN 13 9783829607339
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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