Joseph Beuys
German · 1921–1986 · Painter, Printmaker
Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes… (Wikipedia)
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Unbetitelt (Feld)Phillips · £465,000≈ $606,872≈ €527,439Sign up to see
ErdtelephonGrisebach · €450,000≈ $534,825≈ £396,519Sign up to see
Entwurf für PlastikGrisebach · €450,000≈ $504,810≈ £329,274Sign up to see
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Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings.
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Fluxus
Also known as Iosef Boĭs, J. Beuys, J. (Joseph) Beuys, Josef Beuys, Joseph Beyus, Jozef Bojs
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