Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, 1974

Joseph Beuys

German · 1921–1986

Conceptualism

German artist and provocateur who redefined the scope of art through performance, installation, and social theory, proposing the concept of social sculpture: the idea that art could reshape society itself. Using materials including felt, fat, and copper, Beuys drew on shamanic ritual and autobiographical myth to create works of lasting cultural influence.

On now and coming soon exhibitions

No current or upcoming exhibitions.

Past Exhibitions

Ended

Joseph Beuys: Bathtub for a Heroine

Ended Mar 28

First exhibition tracing the evolution of Beuys's monumental Bathtub sculpture

"There’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneously"

— The Guardian