Collage and graphite on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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National Heritage Memorial Fund
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-beuys-747" aria-label="More by Joseph Beuys" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Beuys</a>
Trance in House Shaman
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
actions: postures and motions
adults
body
crouching
crown
female
head / face
male
man
mysticism
nudes
objects
people
religion and belief
religious and ceremonial
shamanism
woman
paper unique collage graphite
4 July 2009 – 27 September 2009
2009-09-27
4 July 2009 – 27 September 2009
2009-09-27
2009-07-04
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill on Sea, UK)
http://www.dlwp.com/
2009-07-04
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Joseph Beuys
Loan-out
11 September 2010 – 23 January 2011
2011-01-23
11 September 2010 – 23 January 2011
2011-01-23
2010-09-11
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Düsseldorf, Germany)
2010-09-11
Joseph Beuys. Parallel Processes
Loan-out
Trance in the House of the Shaman
support: 177 × 164 mm
frame: 680 × 524 × 28 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>Beuys adopted a shamanistic guise in many of his actions from the 1960s onwards, a role anticipated in his earlier drawings. In this depiction of a shamanic ritual, the image of a standing male figure has been overlaid with that of a crouching female figure. Both figures are shown without their heads; however, the shape behind the man appears to be a head with an enlarged eye. This may represent the 'third eye' which allows perception on a higher, spiritual level. In shamanism, the head is regarded as sacred, being the means of communication.</p>

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actions: postures and motions adults body crouching crown female head / face male man mysticism nudes objects people religion and belief religious and ceremonial shamanism woman