Joseph Beuys
Peace activist, Politician
1921 – 1986
Who was Joseph Beuys?
Joseph Beuys was a German Fluxus, happening and performance artist as well as a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.
His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics. His career was characterized by passionate, even acrimonious public debate. He is now regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
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- Born
- May 12, 1921
Krefeld - Also known as
- Beuys, Joseph
- Joseph. Beuys
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Lived in
- Krefeld
- Died
- Jan 23, 1986
Düsseldorf
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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