Joseph Beuys

Description

The eleven vitrines of Joseph Beuys contain a variety of small sculptures and objects that are independent works, multiples, and relics of spectacular performances by the artist. In the late 1960s, as Beuys was particularly intensively pushing for the abolition of traditional art forms such as sculpture and drawing in favor of his broader concept of art, the vitrines became one of his preferred artistic means. They proved to be ideal containers for connecting, in a condensed form, fragments of his work in multiple facets. The group of vitrines was first exhibited in this constellation in Basel in 1998 under the title 'Laboratories of Imagination.' In 2021 - the hundredth year of Joseph Beuys's birth - Dr. h. c. Maja Oeri and her sons Hans Emanuel and Melchior Oeri made an extremely generous donation to the Kunstmuseum Basel: in memory of the early collector and long-time friend of the artist Hans U. Bodenmann, the eleven vitrines are now an integral part of the Kunstmuseum collection. The eleven vitrines and the Beuys collection in Basel are permanently exhibited on the first floor of the Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau. Note: This text was translated by an automatic translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Highlights

• Exhibition of Joseph Beuys's vitrines
• Independent works and relics of performances
• Presented at Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau

General Information

The exhibition features the eleven vitrines of Joseph Beuys, which contain a variety of sculptures and objects. These vitrines, integrated into the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel, are permanently exhibited on the first floor.

Location

St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

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