Beuys' Bed
“Here, next to this closet, I was born: There, on the side. From time to time, the closet haunted me eerily. I had my first dreams next to this closet.” (J. Beuys)
In the museum
In the attic of the small museum…
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... Beuys from the back. With him we look over the little pond (“Kolk”) typical in the duffle to the shadowy rows of trees in the far distance.
Peter Sager writes:
Again and again, for centuries the Rhine has lost its…
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... Beuys, recognizable by his hat, is standing on the dike. To the right and left of the dike crest, pasture fences cast long shadows. A tractor is approaching. On the left, a white cottage flashes in the evening sun of…
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... Beuys very close, today we approach him from a distance.
Peter Sager writes:
Just behind Kleve begins the southern Russian steppe, the Lower Rhine plain, the plain of Genghis Khan, Eurasia, the other plain of Joseph Beuys. "Westmensch" meets "Ostmensch"…
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Beuys by the wayside. Squatting in front of an old tree with furrowed bark, he collects soil.
Photo link: Gerd Ludwig: Joseph Beuys, 1978
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Peter Sager writes:
Beuys refuses a stroll through Kleve. "Why? The countryside is much more beautiful!"…
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Beuys in a pasture. In the background molehills and cows, behind hedges and rows of trees in the foggy gray. And in front with blown up coat Beuys, stretched out holding a dead hare at the hind legs. Next to him…
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Beuys in an avenue of poplars. The rhythm of the trunks and crowns are reminiscent of pillars, services and belt arches of a Gothic cathedral.
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Gerd Ludwig: J. Beuys walking in the avenue of poplars in Düffel, 1978.
https://www.gerdludwig.com/stories/joseph-beuys-journey-to-the-lower-rhine…
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Beuys in the back of the car. He shows us an open book: Anacharsis Cloots. In the background the castle Gnadenthal.
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Gerd Ludwig: Beuys after his action at Gnadenthal Castle with the biography of Anacharsis Cloots by Dr. Carl…
"Intuition! Dimensions of the Early Work of Joseph Beuys" at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve (19.06-03.10 2021).
In the rooms of the former Beuys studio, works from the time before his appointment as art professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy will be shown.
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Intuition. Dimensions…