Fettstuhl joseph beuys biography

Mar 27 — Aug 15,

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As a draftsman, sculptor, teacher, politician, and activist, as well as action and installation artist, Joseph Beuys (, Krefeld – , Düsseldorf) fundamentally changed the art of the twentieth century.

His influence can still be felt today in artistic and political discourses. His centennial in is an occasion to rediscover and critically question both his complex work and his international appeal.

The exhibition provides profound insight into the cosmopolitical thinking of Joseph Beuys as manifested in his actions.

For here—as an acting, speaking, and moving figure—Beuys examined the central and radical idea of his expanded concept of art: “Everyone is an artist”. The goal of his universalist approach was to renew society from the ground up.

More than any other artist of his time, Joseph Beuys connected art with social processes, presenting it within a uni