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JOSEPH BEUYS 1921-1986

Lemon Light/Capri Battery 1985 Lightning with Stag in its Glare 1983 -1985 How To Explain Pictures To A Dead Hare 1965 Felt Suit 1970 Fat Chair 1964

2 Sheep's Heads 1961- 1975 Stag's Head 1954 Aktrice mit Plastik 1954

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Torso 1945/51

Plaster, iron, gauze, wood, lead, paint. Installed in vitrine: 300 x 115 x 115.5 cm.

Virgin 1952 Judith 1957 Woman with Falling Stone 1959 Akt (Nude) 1952

“”Usually when we talk about ‘student work’ we’re not seeing anything that reflects the artist’s later, more mature style,” says Welch. “However, it’s really quite interesting to see in Beuys’ early work – th the w e way he h y he han andl dles es materials, the way he’s found and readymade wi wire, e, plas aster er an and bit d bitum umen, en, for

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Influences

James Joyce John Cage Dereau 3 1982 George Brecht Word Event 1961 Rudolf Steiner

Influenced

Robert Morris Lead and Felt 1969 Sigmar Polke

• Mrs. Autumn and Her Two Daughters 1991

Jenny Saville Pastel bodies 2015

 http://www.gallery.ca/beuys/en/  Adriani, G., Konnertz, W. & Thomas, K., 1994. Joseph Beuys. Köln: DuMont Buchverlag.  Bastian, G., n.d. Joseph Beuys Publications. [Online] Available at: http://www.galeriebastian.com/EN/publikationen_beuys.html [Accessed 10 February 2017].  Beuys, J., 1949/51. Torso. [Art] (Gallerie Bastian).  Beuys, J., 1991. Joseph Beuys Natur Materie Form. Düsseldorf: Schrimer/Mosel.  Canada, N. G. o., 2016. Beuys Introduction. [Online] Available at: http://www.gallery.ca/fr/bibliotheque/content/JosephBeuysMultiples-FlyerEN-2016-10-23-2100.pdf [Accessed 10 February 2017].  Canda, N. G. o., 2016. Joseph Beuys Artist. [Online] Available at: http://www.gallery.ca/beuys/en/10.htm [Accessed 10 Feburary 2017].  Naidoo, A., 2016. Beuys: Unwrapping the Enigma. [Online] Available at: http://www.ngcmagazine.ca/exhibitions/beuys-unwrapping-the-enigma [Accessed 10 February 2017].  http://www.theartstory.org/artist-beuys-joseph.htm

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