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Place of Birth: Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Joseph Beuys
- Joseph Beuys ( BOYSS, German: ['jo?z?f 'b??s]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German Fluxus, happening, and performance artist as well as a painter, sculptor, medallist, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics.
- His career was characterized by open public debates on a very wide range of subjects including political, environmental, social and long term cultural trends.
- He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.
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