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Joseph Beuys and Vlassis Caniaris
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These artists used found objects to make sculptures that demonstrate the political potential of art
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Artists
ARTIST ROOMS includes major works by 40 major artists, including Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois and Andy Warhol
Seeds of Change
As saplings from Joseph Beuys’s famous ecological project 7000 Oaks come to Tate Modern, Ellen Mara De Wachter argues that …
Joseph Beuys 1921–1986 Information Action 1972
As part of Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Jonah Westerman examines Joseph Beuys's Information Action 1972
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Joseph Beuys and EURASIA
In this paper Victoria Walters addresses Joseph Beuys’s interest in the notion of Eurasia – Europe and Asia as a …
Beuys is Dead: Long Live Beuys! Characterising Volition, Longevity, and Decision-Making in the Work of Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys’s use of unconventional materials, such as felt, wax, and fat, characterise his artworks. Whilst museums strive to obtain …
The Great Reason of the Body: Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph Beuys and the Art of Giving Meaning to Matter and Earth
This paper explores how Joseph Beuys interpreted philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s concepts of the ‘Great Reason of the Body’ and the …
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Social sculpture
Social sculpture is a theory developed by the artist Joseph Beuys in the 1970s based on the concept that everything …
Vitrine
A large, glass cabinet used for displaying art objects
Ephemeral art
Ephemeral art is art that only lasts for a short amount of time
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Kids on Conceptual Art
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