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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

