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Beuys

American  
[bois] / bɔɪs /

noun

  1. Joseph 1921–86, German artist.


Beuys British  
/ bɔis /

noun

  1. Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1921–86, German artist, a celebrated figure of the avant-garde, noted esp for his sculptures made of felt and animal fat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The late, great German Conceptual artist Joseph Beuys used to say, “Everybody is an artist,” but I’d much rather see a big museum show of Beuys’ pungent art than a big show of “everybody’s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

In the show’s catalog, Gates cites the “shamanic conceptualism” of the German postwar artist Joseph Beuys as inspiration for his work.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Beuys created his greatest installation, Tramstop, for the German Pavilion at the 1976 Venice Biennale.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2021

Beuys believed that everyone not only could be but already was an artist.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2020

"Syr Tryamoure," "Syr Beuys of Hampton," "Syr Isumbras," "Syr Degore," "The Knight of the Swanne," "Virgilius," and many others were published by W. Copland about 1550.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

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