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Joseph Beuys
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German
, 1921–1986)
Joseph Beuys
Kunst = Kapital,
1980
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1921
Born in Krefeld, Germany
1940
Diploma High School Kleve, Germany
1941 - 1945
War service as a gun pilot
1947 - 1951
Studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art under Joseph Enseling and Ewald Mataré, Düsseldorf, Germany
1961
Appointed professor at State Art Academy Düsseldorf, Sculpting Division, Düsseldorf, Germany
Began to associate with Fluxus artists
1978
Became a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
1980
Became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Denmark
1986
Received the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg, Germany
Died: in Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibitions
2013
Goethe, Bond and Beuys - The Furka, 1779 – 1991 - Bromer Art Collection (BAC), Roggwil-Kaltenherberg, Switzerland
Kunst mit der Kamera - Analoge Fotografie 1963 - 1996 - Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
This is Not a Love Song - La Virreina - Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona, Spain
Neunzehnhundertsiebzig. Material, Orte, Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
NeuenGalerie - neu gesehen: Sammlung + documenta-Erwerbungen - Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
Art is Liturgy, Kolumba, Cologne, Germany
Die Bildhauer. Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, 1945 bis heute - K20 Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf, Germany
Video Vintage 1963-1983 - Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Contra Tàpies - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
Ensemblematic - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Schauplatz Stadt - Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Installationen von der Klassischen Moderne bis zur Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
Social Plastics, Beuys in China, CAFA Art Museum, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
DAS GESCHENK. Geben - Sich Hingeben, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
2012
Herinnering, energie, transformatie, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Iphigenie, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Hirschdenkmäler, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Joseph Beuys, Goethe-Institut Paris, France
Joseph Beuys: Appeal for an Alternative. Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Mein Rasierspiegel, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Joseph Beuys. Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Canada
Mein Rasierspiegel. Von Holthuys bis Beuys, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Joseph Beuys. Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA
2011
Joseph Beuys, Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany
Multiples, Graphiken, Arbeiten auf Papier, Städtische Galerie sohle 1, Bergkamen, Germany
Beuys E Bem AlÉm, Ensinar Como Arte, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Joseph Beuys. Difesa della Natura, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Joseph Beuys, Gagosian Gallery Madison, New York, USA (solo)
2009
Joseph Beuys, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK (solo)
2008
Focus: Joseph Beuys, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (solo)
ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2007
Art International Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
Ludwig Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
2006
Musée municipal d'art de la Roche sur Yon, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
2005
Joseph Beuys, Tate Modern, London, UK (solo)
2004
Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
1998
Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren, Germany (solo)
1997
Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Mykolas-Zilinskas-Kunstgalerie, Kaunas, Litauen; Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea (solo)
1996
Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands; Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland; Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany (solo)
1995
Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum La Poste, Visip, Switzerland (solo)
1994
Hauptstrom Jupiter. Beuys und die Antike. Zeichnungen 1946 – 1960, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen, Germany (solo)
1993
Joseph Beuys: Eine Innere Mongolei. Dschingis Khan, Schamanen, Aktricen, Bleistiftzeichnungen, Aquarell und Ölfarben aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
1992
Joseph Beuys: Denken ist bereits Plastik. Zeichnungen zur Plastischen Theorie aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Grafische Sammlung der Eidgenössischen T.H., Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1991
Joseph Beuys: Manresa. Zeichnungen, Fotos, Materialien zu einer Fluxus-Demonstration. 25 Jahre Manresa. 500 Jahre Ignatius, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1989
Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1988
Joseph Beuys – Frühe Arbeiten aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Akademie Galerie der Akademie der Künste der DDR, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1987
Brennpunkt Düsseldorf: Joseph Beuys, Die Akademie. Der Allgemeine Aufbruch 1962 – 1987, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1986
Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1985
Joseph Beuys: Braunkreuz, Nijmeegs Museum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (solo)
1984
Joseph Beuys: An Exhibition Based on the Ulbricht Collection, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1983
Joseph Beuys: Drawings, City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK (solo)
Hommage à Joseph Beuys, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1981
Joseph Beuys: Arbeiten aus Münchner Sammlungen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
1980
Opening Exhibition, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Tekeningen, Drawings, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1979
Joseph Beuys, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (solo)
1977
Joseph Beuys: Tekeningen, Aquarellen, Gouaches, Collages, Olieverven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (solo)
1975 - 1976
Joseph Beuys, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1974
Joseph Beuys: The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK (solo)
1973
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Karl Ströher, Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany (solo)
1972
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen und andere Blätter aus Sammlung Karl Ströher, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
1971
Joseph Beuys: Objekte und Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (solo)
La Rivoluzione siamo noi: Partitura di Joseph Beuys, Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy (solo)
1970
Joseph Beuys, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany (solo)
1969
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Kleine Objekte, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1967
Joseph Beuys: Parallelprozess I, Municipal Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (solo)
1966
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Joseph Beuys: Mit Braunkreuz, Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1965
Joseph Beuys: Irgendein Strang..., Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1964
Documenta, Kassel, Germany
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Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
National Museum, Kassel, Germany
Literature
1991
Stachelhaus, Heiner. Joseph Beuys. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1991
1979
Adriani, Götz, Winfried Konnertz, and Karin Thomas. Joseph Beuys: Life and Works. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1979
