- BEUYS, Joseph
(1921-86)
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- Joseph Beuys Germany's most
influential post-war artist. An early interest in
natural history, country lore and mythology left
evident traces in his visionary and extremly
diverse work: he was a Performance artist
(How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965,
Coyote, 1974), a sculptor (Fat Corner, 1964), lecturer, assembler of installations of
gigantic scale (Tallow, 1977) and founder of
Organization for Direct Democracy (1972),
after becoming involved in the political arenna.
Beuys also made video art (Felt TV, 1968) and
drawings. What characterized his work generally was a deep belief in the power of intuition
as expressed in the parallel between the artist
and the shaman: both invest simple materials
with intense and potentially healing power
(Show your wound, 1976).
- Source: The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (World of Art)
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