ARTISTS / Art after 1945
Joseph Beuys


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1921born in Krefeld
1941-45military service as a cannon pilot
1947-51Studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Joseph Enseling and Ewald Mataré
1961-72Professor at the State Academy of Art Düsseldorf, Department of Sculpture
1960sFluxus art movement
from 1964regular participation in the documenta in Kassel
1978Member of the Academy of Arts Berlin
1980Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
1986Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg
1986died in Düsseldorf
Joseph Beuys is considered one of the most important German artists of the post-war period. He developed the concept of "social sculpture," a society-changing art, and is known for his "expanded concept of art," with which he wanted to abolish the separation of art and society and democratize art. The action artist and sculptor also caused a stir with unusual materials such as fat, honey or felt. I Like America and America likes Me" (1974), for which the artist, wrapped in felt, spent three days in the rooms of a New York gallery with a coyote revered as sacred by Native Americans, is considered a landmark performance. 
A comparison of two corporate forms, 1971
76,5 × 51,5 cm   →

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