B. 1921-1986 - Joseph Beuys, German artist: Joseph Beuys was one of the leading figures in the avant-garde movement in Europe in the 1970s and 1980's. After serving in World War II, he studied at the Dusseldorf Academy from 1946 to 1951. Ten years after graduation, he became a professor there. Beuys worked in array of medias but gathered the most recognition for his performance art. He joined the Fluxus movement in 1962, and became active in politics of West Germany. This led to controversy and he was forced to resign from his teaching position in 1972. His students protested and Beuys was able to keep his title and his studio but lost his teaching contract. In his late career, he focused on public speaking and became internationally known by the end of his lifetime.
Beuys, Joseph "Untitled (7000 Oaks 27.9.82)" Photograph Unique Polaroid of Beuys Performance at Documenta7 1982
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Original polaroid of the Beuy's performance at Documenta 7 entitled "7000 Oaks". To contribute to Documenta 7 in 1982, the decision of the German sculptor and artist Joseph Beuys for his part was the planting of 7000 oak trees in the township of Kassel. He has started his preliminary arrangements in the Spring of 1982. Next to each tree a column of basalt of about 1.20 m will be erected. All columns will be transported from the quarry near Kassel down to the core of the town to Documenta Art Center and stored there at the large field in front of the Fridericianum. In the very beginning already, the entire mass of stones, compared to the number of provided trees, expresses an image of the complete production. The imagination becomes perfect by comparing again the single constellation of the very first planted oak tree, accompanied by its column let into the soil, to the mountain of basalt blocks piled up on the border of Friedrichsplatz.
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B. 1921-1986 - Joseph Beuys, German artist: Joseph Beuys was one of the leading figures in the avant-garde movement in Europe in the 1970s and 1980's. After serving in World War II, he studied at the Dusseldorf Academy from 1946 to 1951. Ten years after graduation, he became a professor there. Beuys worked in array of medias but gathered the most recognition for his performance art. He joined the Fluxus movement in 1962, and became active in politics of West Germany. This led to controversy and he was forced to resign from his teaching position in 1972. His students protested and Beuys was able to keep his title and his studio but lost his teaching contract. In his late career, he focused on public speaking and became internationally known by the end of his lifetime. 