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JOSEPH BEUYS                                                           the profound power of             CHOREOGRAPHS113
  One of the most influential                          materials with spiritual or
                                                                                                                           shoulders. His
German artists of the 20th
 century. Beuys gave performances,
 taughtworkshops with a cult
  following, and made installations,
  video art, and drawings. He
  was a shaman who believed

                                        in
 intuition and in the investment

                                        of
   healing force.

Freelines This pale pencil drawing                     rather conventional for Joseph
                                                 is         (as we see in Seurat's drawing

 Beuys. Many of his other works
 on paper have been drawn with

     symbolic materials such as honey,
 iodine,gold, and blood. This figure

   is drawn intuitively, free from
   the constraint of immaculate
 representation.Perfectly modeled

                                                 form
    opposite) is irrelevant to the
    impetus and meaning of this work

   Focus Beuys's hand moved                                                                        his
quickly to draw dotted lines flowing                                                               that
 downward on either side of the
 figure. Unbroken lines stream from

 simultaneously in different positions.
These aspects of the work convey

    movement, transience, and
 fractured visibility. Our focus joins

 The Secret Block for a                     113/4      x81/4in (297 x 210                     mm)
Secret Person in Ireland

                  UNDATED

         JOSEPH BEUYS
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