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Beuys

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Beuys  (boiz, bois), Joseph 1921-1986.
German artist who attempted to convey his highly politicized views through sculpture, drawings, and performance art.

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Chapters specifically focus upon the works of Francois Morellet, Bernar Venet, Beuys and Warhol, Marina Abramovic, and many more.
Worse yet, if prewar Constructivism turned into cold-war constructivism, it was the kind of sculpture that decorated the new corporate office towers of Frankfurt and Dusseldorf--what Joseph Beuys once called, inimitably and untranslatably, "Stahl-und-Eisbein Skulptur" (steel-and-pig's-knuckle sculpture).
That's why this firm--with their conceptual art approach (in their youth they paraded artworks in the Basel carnival in Joseph Beuys felt suits)--are now beginning to rival HOK as expert stadium designers, while continuing to be the major international curators' architect of choice.
 
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