Beuys, like Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, precisely orchestrated his public image, building a personal myth that has the power to bind together his entire oeuvre. This book attempts to break through the mass of obscurantist writing about Joseph Beuys, to introduce him in a simple and clear manner through his individual drawings, used here as the basis for discussions of his life, art and ideas. Some employ such media as hare's blood or margarine, or are realized on envelopes, emphasizing their function as a reservoir of ideas for Beuy's sculpture, "actions", performance art and other enterprises.
- ISBN10 0500015473
- ISBN13 9780500015476
- Publish Date 28 June 1993 (first published 1 January 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 June 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English