Beuys is Dead: Long Live Beuys! Characterising Volition, Longevity, and Decision-Making in the Work of Joseph Beuys
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Barker, Rachel
Bracker, Alison
Date published
2005
Abstract
Joseph Beuys's use of unconventional materials, such as felt, wax, and fat, characterise his artworks. Whilst museums strive to obtain artists' instructions regarding their objects' life-span and care, Beuys's preferences were largely unrecorded or inconsistent. The three case studies of Beuys works presented here explore museum decision-making when confronted with unclear artist attitudes to conservation intervention, and objects evincing material and conceptual decay.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
4
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Rights statement
In Copyright
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