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Beuys, Joseph

Overview
Works: 2,077 works in 3,412 publications in 32 languages and 57,225 library holdings
Genres: Speeches, addresses, etc., German 
Roles: Illustrator, Artist, Honoree, Other, Creator, Interviewee, Correspondent, Dedicatee, Performer, Engraver, Contributor, Instrumentalist, Singer, Director, Lithographer, Collaborator, Editor, Producer, Composer
Classifications: n6888.b463, 709.2
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645 editions published between and 2011 in 16 languages and held by 1,121 libraries worldwide
Drawings put aside by the artist over the years representing his selection of thinking forms in evolution over a period of time.
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23 editions published between and 1994 in 4 languages and held by 693 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published between and 1997 in English and held by 653 libraries worldwide
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was one of the most original and influential artists of the twentieth century. Challenging the traditional confines of art, he embraced a broader, philosophically and politically based practice formulated in the dictum "Everyone is an artist." His unique approach to the creative process transformed materials such as felt, fat, honey, blood, wax, copper, and sulfur into fluent and expressive artistic media. Called the most olfactory artist in history, he preferred the smells of the pungent and decaying, just as he favored the indecent, ugly, and disfigured over the polished, shiny, tasteful products of city slickers and social seekers. His long-term radical aims included the introduction of direct democracy through referendum, free access to all educational institutions, and a restructuring of the economy based on ecological necessity.
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14 editions published between and 1981 in 3 languages and held by 606 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 545 libraries worldwide
"Joseph Beuys (1921-86) - the German sculptor and performance artist - became one of the most influential figures in modern and contemporary art. His charismatic presence, extraordinary life, and unconventional artistic style (incorporating ritualized movement and sound, and materials such as fat, felt, earth, honey, blood, and even dead animals) gained him international fame and notoriety from the 1960s through the 1980s. Beuys's innovative influence is particularly felt in the field of sculpture, whose definition he expanded to encompass performance art, vitrine cases, and site-specific environments." "With a comprehensive chronology of Beuys's activities as an artist and activist, this book is essential for those interested in the life, work, and legacy of one of the art world's most intriguing figures."--BOOK JACKET.
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10 editions published in in English and held by 525 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published in in English and held by 249 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 238 libraries worldwide
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16 editions published between and 1997 in English and Italian and held by 236 libraries worldwide
"From the beginning of the Sixties until his death, Joseph Beuys (Krefeld, Germany, 1921 - Dusseldorf, 1986) dominated the contemporary avant-garde art scene. After participating in the Fluxus group's first exhibitions, he channeled his efforts into performance and political, social, and ecological projects. He founded cultural movements such as the Union for the New Democracy and the Free International University. Many of his conceptual propositions are memorable through their slogans: "All Men are Artists", "Kunst = Kapital", "We are the Revolution", "Defense of Nature."" "A participant in the most prestigious international exhibitions, from Kassel's "Documenta" to the Venice Biennial, Beuys also has important retrospective in 1979 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The artist's works are exhibited in the world's major museums." "The anti-traditionalist ideas of Beuysian art aim to renew and improve the manner in which man lives. The German master's prophetic beliefs establish him as an emblematic figure as one of the forerunners in the post-war art world."--BOOK JACKET.
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6 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 210 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published between and 1983 in German and held by 200 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published in in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
Katalog over værker af den tyske kunstner Joseph Beuys (1921-1986).
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8 editions published in in English and held by 173 libraries worldwide
"Next to Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Auguste Rodin was among the sculptors that Joseph Beuys, up to his death in 1986, most highly prized. Beuys became aware of the great sculptor as early as 1950 when he read the monograph by Rainer Maria Rilke on Rodin's work, which provided him with crucial aesthetic impulses. Beuys' early drawings show thematic and conceptual connections to Rodin's watercolors and drawings. For instance, both artists refer back to ancient mythology, e.g., in their female figures, which they paint on paper in coats of glaze. But also the lines of tradition that Auguste Rodin passed on by way of Wilhelm Lehmbruck were taken up by Beuys, such as his interest in the artistic possibilities of the torso." "The complex relation to the work of Auguste Rodin can be followed in the book's comprehensive section showing works by Rodin, Lehmbruck and Beuys."--BOOK JACKET.
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14 editions published between and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 159 libraries worldwide
Une conception éclatée et originale de l'art, comme science de la liberté, et de la responsabilité, qui mène à une "plastique sociale" et à un nouveau projet de société.
 
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Joseph Beuys, multiples : catalogue raisonné multiples and prints, 1965-80
Alternative Names
Beuys, J. 1921-1986
Beuys, J. (Joseph)
Beuys, Josef 1921-1986
Beuys, Joseph, 1921-1986
Beuys, Joseph Heinrich, 1921-1986
Boĭs, Iosef
Boisu, Yōzefu 1921-1986
Bojs, Jozef
Bojs, Jozef 1921-1986
Bojz, Jozef 1921-1986
Joseph Beuys 1921-1986
Languages
German (2,423)
English (1,031)
Undetermined (225)
Italian (152)
French (142)
No Linguistic content (76)
Spanish (73)
Dutch (73)
Multiple languages (36)
Japanese (34)
Catalan (29)
Swedish (19)
Polish (16)
Portuguese (13)
Finnish (10)
Turkish (9)
Danish (8)
Czech (6)
Chinese (6)
Korean (6)
Slovenian (6)
Greek, Modern (4)
Russian (4)
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Hungarian (3)
Nepali (2)
Slovak (2)
Prakrit languages (1)
Galician (1)
Chechen (1)
Norwegian (1)
Basque (1)
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