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William Sharp

(United States of America 1936– )

Joseph Beuys

(Germany 1921–1986)

Title
Joseph Beuys' public dialogue
Year
1974
Media categories
Time-based media, DVD, Video
Materials used
video, black and white, sound, 02:00:15
Dimensions
Credit
Mervyn Horton Bequest Fund 2007
Accession number
310.2007
Location
Not on display
Further information

Producer: Willoughby Sharp.
Camera: Andy Mann.
Shot at the New School for Social Research, New York, 11 January 1974

In this dialogue between the audience and Beuys, recorded at the New School for Social Research in New York, the artist presents his theories of art and social sculpture, filling three huge blackboards with drawings, only to wipe them out again in the end. Audience members include Claes Oldenburg and Al Hansen. The evident tension in the audience gives some indication of the sharply divided response to Beuys' project at the time. The dialogue was Beuys' first ever public event in the United States.
(Electronic Arts Intermix website http://www.eai.org accessed 7/9/11)

Exhibition history (1)

Revolutions - Forms That Turn: 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jun 2008–07 Sep 2008.