Joseph Beuys's Felt Suit - 1970
Joseph Beuys's Action Piece 26-6 February 1972. © Tate Archive Photographic Collection
Photo: Simon Wilson
© DACS 2005
Joseph Beuys Statement:
"Creativity isn't the monopoly of artists. This is the crucial fact I've come to realise, and this broader concept of creativity is my concept of art. When I say everybody is an artist, I mean everybody can determine the content of life in his particular sphere, whether in painting, music, engineering, caring for the sick, the economy or whatever. All around us the fundamentals of life are crying out to be shaped or created. But our idea of culture is severely restricted because we've always applied it to art. The dilemma of museums and other cultural institutions stems from the fact that culture is such an isolated field, and that art is even more isolated: an ivory tower in the field of culture surrounded first by the whole complex of culture and education, and then by the media which are also part of culture. We have a restricted idea of culture which debases everything; and it is the debased concept of art that has forced museums into their present weak and isolated position. Our concept of art must be universal and have the interdisciplinary nature of a university, and there must be a university department with a new concept of art and science".
1979, From an interview with Frans Hak
Joseph Beuys (1921-86) is considered one of the most influential figures in modern and contemporary art. His charismatic presence and unconventional style gained him international fame and notoriety in the 1960s but his innovative influence is still felt today.- Tate Modern Exhibition, 4 February - 2 May 2005
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