Beuys & Duchamp: Artists of the Future - In his conversations and interviews,
Joseph Beuys (1921-86) alluded to Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) more than to
any other artist. And no one seems to have questioned his work and
his thinking more than that of this artist of the previous generation.
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Direct evidence of this complex tension is his oft-cited action The
Silence of Marcel Duchamp is Overrated from 1964, with which Beuys attempted to
shifting attention to the political and social dimensions of its concept
of expanded art. The associations and connections between artists are deep.
Both used similar radical strategies to rejuvenate the
concept of art and the role of art in everyday life; their questions
had a number of aspects in common.
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This fully illustrated catalogue is the first to undertake an exploration
in-depth study of this multi-level relationship, while examining the
futuristic potential of the two artists.
