{"title":"Joseph Beuys","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the evocative works of \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Beuys\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose books delve into the intersections of art, culture, and philosophy. From insightful explorations of his American experiences to reflections on economic principles, these titles offer a profound look into Beuys’s innovative approach to creativity and social ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful texts that blend \u003cem\u003eintuitive artistic practice\u003c\/em\u003e with critical theory, inviting contemplation and dialogue. This collection is essential for those interested in the transformative power of art within the wider cultural and economic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-beuys-in-america-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299139","title":"Joseph Beuys: Beuys in America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 9 January 1974, \u003cem\u003eJoseph Beuys\u003c\/em\u003e, together with Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl, travelled for the first time to America. This trip was by no means a mere visit, but a carefully planned performance that took place in airplanes, taxis, hotels, universities, and galleries, and was comprehensively documented in photographs and video. The tour began with a packed lecture at New York's New School, visited by artists including Claes Oldenburg, Lil Picard, and Al Hansen, in which Beuys enthralled his audience for hours, explaining his specific model of social sculpture and filling three large blackboards with drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe next stop was Chicago, the site of more controversial lectures and an unexpected performance: on happening to pass the Biograph movie theatre, Beuys spontaneously reenacted the death of American gangster John Dillinger, who had been cornered by police in the theatre, chased into a nearby alley, and shot dead. Beuys' tour then reached Minneapolis, with more press conferences, discussions, and extended walks through Dayton's department store. Upon returning to Germany, the hundreds of photographs and many hours of videotape were assembled, and yet Beuys, ever engaged in new projects, somehow never found time to edit them. It was only in October 1985, shortly before his death, that he had finalised the sequence for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1987, this new Steidl edition has been wholly re-conceived by Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn America I discovered a lot of things which, in a way, lay hidden inside of me. Just so when you look into the ground, watch the formation of ice, feel certain natural powers and experience totally different tensions.\u003c\/i\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383883055340,"sku":"9783958299139","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9204763483597.jpg?v=1773385906"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-das-wirtschaftswertprinzip-2002-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299146","title":"Joseph Beuys: Das Wirtschaftswertprinzip (2002)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sumptuous room in the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent in 1980: on its wall hang Flemish Old Master paintings, gleaming in their gilt frames; yet in the middle of the room stand industrial metal shelves, sparsely stocked with packets of everyday perishable products, salt, flour, olives, and peas. Each packet is signed by Joseph Beuys and labelled with \"1 economic value.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was Beuys' compelling installation \u003cem\u003eWirtschaftswerte\u003c\/em\u003e (Economic Values), a declaration that culture had once and for all been reduced to economic property. The products Beuys selected were notably from the German Democratic Republic, heightening the disparity between West and East (both in his native Germany, at the time still divided, and beyond) among other contrasts: capitalism and socialism, high and low culture, culture and consumerism, the mundane and the luxurious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDas Wirtschaftswertprinzip \/ The Principle of Economic Value\u003c\/em\u003e documents in detail the original installation, which Beuys later recreated in different locations and expanded into a series of multiples. Originally published in 1990, the book has now been re-designed by Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Beuys' birth in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur culture is not shaped by culture; our culture is completely shaped by economic values.\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431390134508,"sku":"9783958299146","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958299146.jpg?v=1774557938"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-periphery-workshop-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299177","title":"Joseph Beuys: Periphery Workshop","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 27 April 1973, Joseph Beuys founded the Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research, a staunchly anti-establishment institution designed to help individuals realise their creative potential (regardless of their social, economic and educational backgrounds). This creativity-through-art was intended to foster social progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the university, Beuys staged an ambitious series of 13 workshops over 100 days at Documenta 6 in 1977, including the Migrant Workshop, the Violence and Behaviour Workshop, the Nuclear Energy and Alternatives Workshop, and—the subject of this book—the \u003ci\u003ePeriphery Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the \u003ci\u003ePeriphery Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e were, in Beuys’ words, the themes of \"peripheral regions Europe \/ enlarging the EEC \/ France-German axis \/ common strategies for the regions and the Mediterranean countries.\" In a collaborative and inclusive spirit, visitors from across the globe were invited to discuss and ask Beuys any question on these topics they might like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeuys, ever the showman, was more than happy to answer, and not just with words. He filled dozens of blackboards with fascinating drawings, diagrams, and thoughts—intricate artworks in themselves, and the basis of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn places like universities, where everyone talks too rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431390200044,"sku":"9783958299177","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958299177.jpg?v=1774557938"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-beuys-laughing-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299610","title":"Joseph Beuys: Beuys Laughing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early 1974, Joseph Beuys, Klaus Staeck, and Gerhard Steidl sat in a Boeing 747 from New York to Düsseldorf, returning home after Beuys' American tour. The trip had been a controversial success, and its every stage was carefully documented by Staeck and Steidl in videos, photographs, and audio—their trusty Sony TC-50 cassette recorder was always at Beuys' side during his lectures, conferences, and workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo relieve the boredom of the flight, the three listened to some of the recordings, and Beuys noticed, surprisedly, just how much he laughed: why not edit this laughter into a single, surreal track?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteidl subsequently gave the original tapes to the young sound engineer Siegfried Schäfer, who set to work reducing bass and background noise, and created a final edit of 20 minutes. Steidl played this master to a delighted Beuys, who decided to issue it as an audio tape edition, in the mould of his 1969 recording \u003cem\u003eJa, Ja, Ja, Ja, Ja, Nee, Nee, Nee, Nee, Nee\u003c\/em\u003e (Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, No, No).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the master tape of \u003cem\u003eBeuys Laughing\u003c\/em\u003e was then sadly lost for a period of 46 years, only to resurface in 2020. Now, re-mastered and digitised by Schäfer and Pauler Acoustics, it is finally available to the public, in a limited-edition vinyl EP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI like America and America likes me.\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph Beuys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-published with Edition Staeck, Heidelberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461101797612,"sku":"9783958299610","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958299610-joseph-beuys-beuys-laughing.jpg?v=1774958133"},{"product_id":"joseph-beuys-intuition-by-joseph-beuys-9783958299009","title":"Joseph Beuys: Intuition!","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the crucial period between Joseph Beuys' return to his hometown of Kleve after World War II at the age of 24 and his appointment as a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1961. During this \"incubation\" phase, key themes relevant to his future work emerged, which now structure this book: biography as material for artistic forming; Beuys and poetry\/romanticism; natural sciences: physics, chemistry, botany, zoology and geography; philosophy\/anthropology Steiner; evolution; economics, capitalism, labour, politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe aim of \u003cem\u003eJoseph Beuys: Intuition!\u003c\/em\u003e, along with the 2021 exhibition of the same name at Museum Kurhaus Kleve for which it is the catalogue, is neither to venerate a local saint of Kleve nor to topple an artist from an earlier generation. 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