Beuys 100

Volker Schäfer

This anthology deals with Beuys on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2021. The articles provide insight into his life and work in a variety of ways: First of all, of course, the 7000 oak trees, each with basalt steles, which were planted in the Kassel city area. ?City forestation instead of city administration?: Despite a storm of protests, Beuys planted the first tree on March 16, 1982. In addition to the beginnings of the ?7000 Oaks Campaign? as an artistic contribution to documenta 7, a current planting campaign in Chicago will also be presented, which will re-stage the work of art there. Other topics in the book are: ?Where is Joseph Beuys? A Conspiracy Theory?, Me and Beuys - Episodes; CONTEXT, PLACE, PROVOCATION AND RESISTANCE: Opinion on the purchase of a Beuys work or Beuys in Italy. Especially the economically less developed southern Italy, the Mezzogiorno, was an...