Joseph Beuys

The Reader

Claudia Mesch, Viola Michely, Arthur C. Danto

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MIT Press
01 October 2007

Art & Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms

"Twentieth-century artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)--legendary and self-mythologizing, enigmatic and controversial--remains an important influence on artists today. Beuys embraced radically democratic artistic and political ideas, proclaiming ""Everyone is an artist,"" and advocating direct democracy through referenda. He famously worked with such nontraditional materials as felt, fat, and plants and animals both alive and dead. Beuys and his work--performance art, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation--received perhaps the most contentious reception of any postwar artist. This reader brings together the crucial writings on Beuys and his work, presenting key essays by prominent artists and critics from North America and Europe. With a foreword by Arthur C. Danto, ""Style and Salvation in the Art of Beuys,"" Benjamin H. D. Buchloh's now classic 1980 essay, ""Beuys, Twilight of the Idol,"" and influential texts by Vera Frenkel, Thierry de Duve, Rosalind Krauss, Peter Burger, Irit Rogoff, and others, Joseph Beuys: The Reader is the most significant gathering of critical texts on this challenging artist that has ever been assembled. It will be essential reading for any student of Beuys and for all those interested in postwar art, the cult of the artist, and art's engagement with politics and society. Claudia Mesch is Assistant Professor at the School of Art, Arizona State University. Viola Michely is a writer and curator and teaches art and philosophy at the August-Macke School, Bonn.

ContributorsJoseph Beuys, Eugen Blume, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Peter Burger, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Catherine David, Thierry de Duve, Vera Frenkel, Stefan Germer, Rosalind Krauss, Barbara Lange, Dirk Luckow, Claudia Mesch, Viola Michely, Irit Rogoff, Gregory Ulmer, Theodora Vischer, Antje von Graevenitz, Dorothea Zwirner"

Foreword by: Arthur C. Danto
Edited by: Claudia Mesch, Viola Michely
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 595g
ISBN: 9780262633512
ISBN 10: 0262633515
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 October 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Claudia Mesch is Assistant Professor at the School of Art, Arizona State University. Viola Michely is a writer and curator and teaches art and philosophy at the August-Macke School, Bonn.

Reviews for Joseph Beuys: The Reader

.,. a welcome attempt to give a broad yet nuanced picture of [Beuys'] work and lifea]good deal of attention paid to Beuys' objects, writings, and actions ... which downplays the biographical while striking a balance with the need to keep his self-promotion firmly in mind. It is this sense of equitability that will make this book required Beuys reading for a long time to come and may even help save him from eventual obscurity. -- Artforum/Bookforum