Beuys
Americannoun
noun
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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
Later, he encountered soft works by Louise Bourgeois and Joseph Beuys and realized that sculpture didn’t have to be made from just stone or wood — it could be pliable.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
She also carries on the legacy of the German artist Joseph Beuys, who believed that participatory art could heal society.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2021
Josef Beuys, who wore his famous hat to hide the burns he sustained as a wartime pilot, started out making primeval Gothic religious sculptures and went on to reinvent art itself.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2021
"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 J. J. Jusserand
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