Gerd Ludwigのインスタグラム(gerdludwig) - 1月23日 21時01分

During a visit to the places of his early childhood at the Lower Rhine, Joseph Beuys stands next to his own cradle holding up a hare, reminiscent of his performance piece ‘How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare’ (Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt)

Performance artist, painter, sculptor, creator of installations, art theorist, shaman, social, political and environmental activist, and brilliant mind Joseph Beuys was thought to be one of the most influential artists in the late twentieth century. Better known in the art world than by the general public, he was considered an “artist’s artist,” and influenced the work of many contemporary peers.

Early in my career, I was lucky enough to travel with Beuys back to his roots just before his large, solo retrospective exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. To Beuys, it was a “look back into his landscape of deep horizons and soaring skies,” as my friend and journalist Peter Sager wrote. “This is his landscape, very simple and with depth, sparse, like his works” – with hares, poplar trees and swans.

Joseph Beuys died 34 years ago today, January 23, 1986.

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