The Kunstmuseum Basel presents 'Joseph Beuys: Installations, Actions, and Vitrines', Beuys is considered to be one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century. the artist's work has always elicited a wide variety of responses; some believe that Beuys was a great visionary who pushed the limits of what art can be, while others see him as embodying an authoritarian idea of the artist that younger generations, in particular, regard with baffled skepticism. His significance, however, is beyond doubt, as his continuing influence on today’s art makes manifest. The exhibition, which opened at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, explores the collection’s holdings of Beuys and the ways in which they have been interpreted in the past. It complements these works, primarily installations, with films on loan that show Beuys during his actions.
Past presentations of the works in the collection of the Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel have not included films or other documentary materials illustrating Joseph Beuys’s actions.
