JOSEPH BEUYS
Joseph Beuys... Joseph Beuys's Action Piece, 26-6 February 1972; presented as part of seven exhibitions held at the Tate Gallery 24 Feburary - 23 March 1972 © Tate Archive Photographic Collection. Read Richard Dorment's review of the exhibition. Tate Modern © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
...sculptor, performer, 'myth-maker' and otherwise unclassifiable artist... Schlitten mit Filter (Sled with Filter), 1983; vitrine mixed media; Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
was an enormously important figure in modern and contemporary art. Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1983; vitrine mixed media; Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
His imaginative, unconventional work was extremely influential at the time it was made... Ausfegen (Sweeping Up), 1972/85; vitrine containing sand, stone, paper, garbage, and broom with red bristles, with Beuys pamphlets printed on plastic bags; René Block Collection in deposit of Neues Museum in Nürnberg © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

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...and even continues to be so today. Kartoffelkraut und Fluxusstaubbild (Potato Plant and Dust Image), 1962/82; vitrine mixed media; private collection, Berlin © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
His choice of materials - much like the artist himself - never ceased to shock... Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1983; fat, beeswax, sealed preserving jar containing pork dripping, thermometer; Fettecke (Fat Corner), 1963: pork drippings; Tiefstand (Low Point): zinc box, tallow from mutton; Tate © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
as well as charm his audiences. The End of the Twentieth Century, 1983-5; basalt, clay and felt displayed (variable); purchased with assistance from Edwin C. Cohen and Echoing Green 1991; copyright the artist © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.

JOSEPH BEUYS
From 4 February to 2 May, visit the Tate Modern to see a major survey exhibition of Beuys's work. Das Rudel (The Pack), 1969; Volkswagen bus with twenty-four wooden sleds, each with felt, belts?, flashlight, fat and stamped with Braunkreuz (brown oil paint); Staatliche Museen Kassel, Neue Galerie © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited . Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. Privacy Policy.