Felt : Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama

This title provides a non-linear look at the engagement of the postwar avant-garde with Eastern spirituality, a context in which the German artist Joseph Beuys appears as an uneasy shaman. Centred on a highly publicised yet famously inconclusive 1982 meeting between Beuys and the Dalai Lama, arrange...

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Main Author: Thompson, Chris (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press , 2011
Subjects:
Beuys, Joseph > Friends and associates
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho > Dalai Lama XIV > 1935- > Friends and associates
Beuys, Joseph
Fluxus
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816653546.001.0001
Related Items:Druckausg.: Felt
Author Notes:Chris Thompson
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Art
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Summary:This title provides a non-linear look at the engagement of the postwar avant-garde with Eastern spirituality, a context in which the German artist Joseph Beuys appears as an uneasy shaman. Centred on a highly publicised yet famously inconclusive 1982 meeting between Beuys and the Dalai Lama, arranged by the Dutch artist Louwrien Wijers, this book explores the interconnections among Beuys, the Fluxus movement, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual practice.
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxviii, 319 p.))
ISBN:9781452946184

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