Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys is a very interesting person from both his standpoint of art to his style and background. He flew bombers in world war two for the german army and was shot down on a mission. He crashed in a forest and his copilot had died on impact. a few days later some natives found him and wrapped him in body fat and felt, to keep the warmth inside. This experience would carry over to his work later in life.

The work of his that i like the most is the one where he wanders around a room at a gallery with a coyote. he is wearing a felt cloak and has a shepherds staff. The coyote is a wild one and he stayed in there for 8 hours over 3 days. I think that he was trying to say that animals of america and the humans of america can get along together. He also does a lot of sculptures with felt and body fat. he uses body fat to make sculptures of used spaces such as a triangle of fat on a chair as if it were meant to be there. Some of his sculptures are objects that he has covered in felt like a piano.

i think his work is a definite window to his inner self, showing what he really thinks and what makes him grateful. some of the most eccentric artists are the best because they can think outside the norm.