Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys, a leading figure in postwar European art and a contemporary of Andy Warhol, was known for his radical approach to performance, sculpture, and social philosophy. The two artists first met in 1979 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and when Beuys traveled to New York later that year for his major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, he visited Warhol’s studio. Although Warhol and Beuys have been described as “two rival popes” of 20th-century art, they shared great respect for one another, and a passion for artistic experimentation.

Joseph Beuys

1980-83

Gregory Allicar Musuem of Art, Colorado State University

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