Statements (447)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Artist
gptkb:visual_arts gptkb:performers |
| gptkbp:alma_mater |
gptkb:Düsseldorf_Academy_of_Fine_Arts
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| gptkbp:art_movement |
gptkb:Fluxus
gptkb:German_Neo-Expressionism gptkb:Neo-Dada gptkb:performance_art gptkb:Postmodernism gptkb:conceptual_art Conceptual art Social sculpture |
| gptkbp:art_style |
gptkb:conceptual_art
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| gptkbp:associated_act |
Teaching at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
founding the Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research creating the concept of social sculpture participating in Documenta exhibitions teaching at the Düsseldorf Art Academy |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Fluxus
gptkb:Bauhaus gptkb:Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Munich gptkb:Düsseldorf_School gptkb:Kunstakademie_Düsseldorf gptkb:The_New_York_School gptkb:The_Green_Party gptkb:performance_art gptkb:Art_Academy_Düsseldorf gptkb:The_Free_International_University gptkb:The_Situationist_International gptkb:Fluxus_Movement gptkb:conceptual_art gptkb:document Conceptual art |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Gottfried_Helnwein_Prize
gptkb:Wolfgang_Hahn_Prize Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Arts Honorary Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kassel Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts, Berlin Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oldenburg |
| gptkbp:birth_date |
1921-05-12
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| gptkbp:birth_year |
gptkb:1921
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| gptkbp:born |
May 12, 1921
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| gptkbp:born_in |
gptkb:Krefeld,_Germany
Krefeld |
| gptkbp:child |
gptkb:Friedrich_Beuys
gptkb:Hannah_Beuys gptkb:Lukas_Beuys gptkb:Rosa_Beuys gptkb:Wieland_Beuys |
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Doris_Beuys
gptkb:Nicolai_Beuys gptkb:Wenzel_Beuys gptkb:Wieland_Beuys gptkb:Anna_Beuys |
| gptkbp:contribution |
Environmental art
Political art The role of the artist in society The concept of the 'expanded art field' The idea of social sculpture The use of materials in art |
| gptkbp:created |
gptkb:The_1972_Venice_Biennale
gptkb:The_1980_Documenta gptkb:The_Black_Room gptkb:The_Honey_Pump_at_the_Whaling_Station gptkb:The_1980_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_1984_Venice_Biennale_Installation gptkb:The_1985_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_1986_Skulptur_Projekte_Münster gptkb:The_1996_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_2008_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_2012_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_2016_Documenta_Exhibition gptkb:The_Beuys_Box gptkb:The_Fat_Chair_Installation gptkb:The_Green_Party gptkb:I_Like_America_and_America_Likes_Me gptkb:7000_Oaks gptkb:How_to_Explain_Pictures_to_a_Dead_Hare gptkb:The_Free_International_University gptkb:The_Pack gptkb:The_Fat_Chair gptkb:The_7000_Oaks_Project gptkb:The_Fat_and_the_Thin gptkb:Coyote The Role of the Artist The End of the Twentieth Century The Beuysian Concept of Art The Social Sculpture The 1951 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1929 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1954 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1900 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1931 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1925 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1924 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1910 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1930 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1958 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1922 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1932 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1939 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1955 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1918 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1937 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain Felt Suit The 1913 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1923 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1908 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1928 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1963 performance at the Galerie de France The 1965 performance at the Galerie Parnass The 1966 performance at the Galerie 22 The 1967 performance at the Galerie Schmela The 1973 performance at the Kunstmuseum Basel The 1974 performance at the Guggenheim Museum The 1976 performance at the Kunstverein Hamburg The 1978 performance at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf The 1982 performance at the Walker Art Center The 1985 performance at the Museum of Modern Art The Multiplicity of the Individual The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland The 1927 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1933 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1902 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1921 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1909 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1919 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1934 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1942 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1917 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1946 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1935 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1971 performance at the Museum of Modern Art, New York The 1947 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1920 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1952 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1912 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1907 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1969 performance at the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Hamburg The 1901 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1957 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Contemporain The 1936 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1964 performance at the Galerie d' Art Contemporain The 1945 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1906 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1941 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1903 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1944 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1926 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1953 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1979 performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago The 1961 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1975 performance at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus The 1980 performance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art The 1914 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1938 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1962 performance at the Galerie de l' Institut d' Art Contemporain The 1911 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1956 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1904 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1905 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1960 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The 1943 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1959 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1940 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1949 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Abstrait The 1950 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1915 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Vivant The 1948 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Nouveau The 1916 performance at the Galerie de l' Art Moderne The Concept of Art as a Means of Creating New Narratives The Concept of Art as a Means of Celebrating Diversity The Concept of Art as a Means of Building Solidarity The Concept of Art as a Means of Reimagining Society The Concept of Art as a Means of Environmental Awareness The Animal in the Human The Concept of Art as a Form of Communication The Concept of Art as a Means of Building Bridges The Concept of Art as a Means of Challenging Norms The Concept of Art as a Means of Cultural Critique The Concept of Art as a Means of Empowerment The Concept of Art as a Means of Healing The Concept of Art as a Means of Inspiring Change The Concept of Art as a Means of Reconciliation The Concept of Art as a Means of Social Justice The Concept of Creative Democracy The Concept of Social Sculpture The Idea of Art as a Form of Activism The Idea of Art as a Form of Activist Practice The Idea of Art as a Form of Collective Memory The Idea of Art as a Form of Community Building The Idea of Art as a Form of Cultural Exchange The Idea of Art as a Form of Cultural Resistance The Idea of Art as a Form of Dialogue The Idea of Art as a Form of Healing Trauma The Idea of Art as a Form of Hope. The Idea of Art as a Form of Personal Expression The Idea of Art as a Form of Political Engagement The Idea of Art as a Form of Reflection The Idea of Art as a Form of Resistance The Idea of Art as a Form of Social Commentary The Idea of Art as a Form of Spiritual Practice The Idea of Art as a Form of Storytelling The Idea of Art as a Form of Visionary Thinking The Idea of Art as a Means of Social Change The Idea of Art as a Tool for Education The Idea of the Expanded Concept of Art The Sculpture of the Future The Social Sculpture Movement The Concept of Art as a Means of Challenging Power Structures The Concept of Art as a Means of Political Expression The Idea of Art as a Form of Personal Transformation The Concept of Art as a Means of Engaging the Public The Concept of Art as a Means of Fostering Understanding The Concept of Art as a Means of Exploring Identity The 2015 Venice Biennale Installation The 2019 Venice Biennale Installation The 2023 Venice Biennale Installation The 2014 Whitney Biennial Installation The 2010 Whitney Biennial Installation The 1987 Whitney Biennial Installation The 1990 Venice Biennale Installation The 1992 Documenta Exhibition The 1993 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 1994 Whitney Biennial Installation The 1995 Venice Biennale Installation The 1997 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 1998 Whitney Biennial Installation The 1999 Venice Biennale Installation The 2000 Documenta Exhibition The 2001 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2002 Whitney Biennial Installation The 2003 Venice Biennale Installation The 2004 Documenta Exhibition The 2005 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2006 Whitney Biennial Installation The 2007 Venice Biennale Installation The 2009 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2011 Venice Biennale Installation The 2013 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2017 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2018 Whitney Biennial Installation The 2020 Documenta Exhibition The 2021 Skulptur Projekte Münster The 2022 Whitney Biennial Installation The Blackboard The Energy Plan for the Western Man The Sculpture of the Future Exhibition The Social Sculpture Project |
| gptkbp:death_date |
1986-01-23
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| gptkbp:death_year |
gptkb:1986
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| gptkbp:died |
January 23, 1986
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| gptkbp:died_in |
gptkb:1986
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Düsseldorf_Academy_of_Fine_Arts
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| gptkbp:ethnicity |
gptkb:German
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| gptkbp:exhibited_at |
gptkb:Kunsthalle_Düsseldorf
gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art gptkb:Museum_of_Contemporary_Art_Chicago gptkb:Stedelijk_Museum gptkb:Centre_Pompidou gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York gptkb:Tate_Modern gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington,_D._C. gptkb:Guggenheim_Museum gptkb:Kunsthalle_Hamburg gptkb:Kunstmuseum_Basel gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York gptkb:The_Art_Institute_of_Chicago gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Chicago gptkb:Museum_Ludwig gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Australia gptkb:Kunsthaus_Zürich gptkb:The_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles gptkb:The_San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Australia gptkb:The_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston gptkb:Städel_Museum gptkb:Guggenheim_Museum,_New_York gptkb:The_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum,_New_York gptkb:Centre_Pompidou,_Paris gptkb:Berlinische_Galerie gptkb:Venice_Biennale gptkb:document gptkb:Van_Abbemuseum Tate Modern, London |
| gptkbp:famous_for |
Political activism through art
Art as a means of social change Use of materials like fat and felt The concept of 'social sculpture' Concept of 'social sculpture' Teaching art as a form of social practice |
| gptkbp:famous_quote |
" Art is a social system."
" Every human being is an artist." " The role of the artist is to be a mediator." " We are all artists." " The artist is a person who is able to see the world in a different way." |
| gptkbp:famous_work |
gptkb:I_Like_America_and_America_Likes_Me
gptkb:7000_Oaks gptkb:How_to_Explain_Pictures_to_a_Dead_Hare gptkb:The_Pack gptkb:Coyote:_I_Like_America_and_America_Likes_Me gptkb:Coyote The End of the Twentieth Century The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:art
gptkb:education gptkb:politics gptkb:philosophy social activism |
| gptkbp:has_exhibited_at |
major international exhibitions
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| gptkbp:has_influence_on |
gptkb:Cindy_Sherman
gptkb:Jenny_Holzer gptkb:Banksy gptkb:Barbara_Kruger gptkb:Ai_Weiwei gptkb:Hito_Steyerl gptkb:Kara_Walker gptkb:Marcel_Duchamp gptkb:Marina_Abramović gptkb:Pablo_Picasso gptkb:Richard_Serra gptkb:Yoko_Ono gptkb:Christo_and_Jeanne-Claude gptkb:Hans_Haacke gptkb:Andy_Warhol gptkb:Jeff_Koons gptkb:Sophie_Calle gptkb:Takashi_Murakami gptkb:Joseph_Kosuth gptkb:Robert_Rauschenberg gptkb:Tracey_Emin gptkb:Damien_Hirst gptkb:Kerry_James_Marshall gptkb:Mickalene_Thomas gptkb:Rashid_Johnson gptkb:Tania_Bruguera gptkb:Nam_June_Paik gptkb:Rirkrit_Tiravanija gptkb:Titus_Kaphar gptkb:Theaster_Gates |
| gptkbp:has_influenced |
many contemporary artists
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| gptkbp:has_part |
The Beuysian Aesthetic
The Beuysian Concept of Art The Beuysian Philosophy The Beuysian Theory of Art The Social Sculpture |
| gptkbp:has_participated_in |
various political movements
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| gptkbp:has_produced |
numerous installations
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| gptkbp:has_written |
numerous essays on art and society
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Joseph Beuys
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| gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:performance_art
gptkb:conceptual_art social sculpture |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Matthew_Barney
gptkb:art gptkb:Andreas_Gursky gptkb:Rainer_Maria_Rilke_IV gptkb:Jannis_Kounellis gptkb:Marina_Abramović gptkb:Richard_Serra gptkb:Yoko_Ono gptkb:Wolfgang_Tillmans gptkb:Hans_Haacke gptkb:Anselm_Kiefer gptkb:Joseph_Kosuth gptkb:Robert_Rauschenberg gptkb:Robert_Filliou gptkb:contemporary_art gptkb:performance_art gptkb:Rirkrit_Tiravanija gptkb:performers Contemporary art Art Education Social Activism Political Art environmental art political art installation artists |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Dada
gptkb:Dadaism gptkb:Surrealism Constructivism |
| gptkbp:is_active_in |
gptkb:20th_century
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| gptkbp:is_associated_with |
gptkb:Fluxus_movement
the idea of art as a tool for social change |
| gptkbp:is_considered_as |
a pioneer of conceptual art
one of the most important artists of the post-war era |
| gptkbp:is_known_for |
gptkb:performance_art
social sculpture his unique approach to art education his use of materials like fat and felt |
| gptkbp:is_recognized_for |
his political activism
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| gptkbp:is_regarded_as |
a controversial figure in art history
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| gptkbp:is_taught_in |
gptkb:Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Munich
gptkb:Kunstakademie_Düsseldorf |
| gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:Fluxus
gptkb:performance_art gptkb:Fluxus_movement Social Sculpture social sculpture |
| gptkbp:movement |
gptkb:Fluxus
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| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:German
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| gptkbp:notable_feature |
Art as a means of social change.
Every human being is an artist. Social sculpture as a form of art. The importance of communication in art. The role of the artist in society. Social sculpture. |
| gptkbp:notable_students |
gptkb:Kurt_Schwitters
gptkb:Andreas_Gursky gptkb:Thomas_Bayrle gptkb:Jörg_Immendorff gptkb:Andreas_Slominski gptkb:Thomas_Ruff |
| gptkbp:notable_work |
gptkb:I_Like_America_and_America_Likes_Me
gptkb:7000_Oaks gptkb:How_to_Explain_Pictures_to_a_Dead_Hare gptkb:The_Pack gptkb:Coyote:_I_Like_America_and_America_Likes_Me gptkb:Coyote The End of the Twentieth Century |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:drawing gptkb:sculpture gptkb:political_leaders gptkb:educators gptkb:installation_art gptkb:Professor gptkb:performers Fine arts installation artist |
| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:Krefeld,_Germany
Krefeld |
| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Heidi_Beuys
gptkb:Ute_Beuys |
| gptkbp:was_educated_at |
gptkb:Düsseldorf_Academy_of_Fine_Arts
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| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
gptkb:German_Romanticism
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Germany
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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