New documentation of Joseph Beuys' controversial performance piece
May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Joseph Beuys' infamous piece of performance art staged in New York City: I Like America and America Likes Me. The premise--a man and a wild coyote locked together inside a room--helped build a cult following for Beuys that has made him alternately revered and reviled throughout the contemporary art world. Stephen Aiken's (born 1948) photographs of this May 1974 "action" by Beuys--recently unearthed and previously unpublished--offer a fresh look at this seminal art happening. These striking images are supplemented with a set of previously unseen color photos taken by Aiken of Beuys at Greenwich Village's New School in January 1974: verbally sparring onstage with fellow artist Hannah Wilke and jousting with a raucous audience that threatened to turn his lecture into a brawl.
New documentation of Joseph Beuys' controversial performance piece
May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Joseph Beuys' infamous piece of performance art staged in New York City: I Like America and America Likes Me. The premise--a man and a wild coyote locked together inside a room--helped build a cult following for Beuys that has made him alternately revered and reviled throughout the contemporary art world. Stephen Aiken's (born 1948) photographs of this May 1974 "action" by Beuys--recently unearthed and previously unpublished--offer a fresh look at this seminal art happening. These striking images are supplemented with a set of previously unseen color photos taken by Aiken of Beuys at Greenwich Village's New School in January 1974: verbally sparring onstage with fellow artist Hannah Wilke and jousting with a raucous audience that threatened to turn his lecture into a brawl.
Stephen Aiken: An Artist, a Coyote, and a Cage: Joseph Beuys in New York 1974
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Stephen Aiken: An Artist, a Coyote, and a Cage: Joseph Beuys in New York 1974
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781953995049 |
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| Publisher: | Letter16 Press |
| Publication date: | 05/21/2024 |
| Pages: | 88 |
| Sales rank: | 898,166 |
| Product dimensions: | 11.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.70(d) |