Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys is arguably the most important and most controversial German artist of the late twentieth century, not least because his persona is interwoven with Germany's fascist past. This book illuminates two defining threads in Beuys's life and art: the centrality of trauma, and his sustained investigation of the very notion of art itself. In addition to the materials of fat and felt that Beuys used widely in his oeuvre, numerous Beuys artworks are autobiographical in content.

About the author

Claudia Mesch is Professor of Art History at Arizona State University. Her books include Modern Art at the Berlin Wall (2009) and Art and Politics: A Small History of Art for Social Change since 1945 (2013). She is a founding editor of the Journal of Surrealism and the Americas and lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Summary

A new critical biography of Joseph Beuys, arguably the most important and controversial German artist of the late twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Mesch, Mesch Claudia
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2017
• EAN: 9781780237350
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-735-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Critical Lives; Critical Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Germany, 20th Century, ART / Performance, Biography: arts & entertainment, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Performance Art, Biography: arts and entertainment, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / European / General