Friday 11 March 2005, 18.30–19.45

Sean Rainbird, curator of Joseph Beuys: Vitrines, Actions, Environments, offers a personal tour through the exhibition, shedding light on why Beuys has become so celebrated and influential. The artist's unusual choice of materials included felt, wax and animal fats, and he was fascinated by the generation, storage and transmission of energy, believing this was central to the creative process. Rainbird will concentrate on three of the highly distinctive ways in which Beuys worked: his vitrines from the late 1960s; his ‘actions’ or performances; and his sculptural environments, many of which are dramatically recreated in the exhibition.

Tate Modern  Level 4
Free with exhibition ticket, no bookings taken

      

This event is related to the Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments exhibition