Photograph, gelatin silver print on canvas
Portraits
Tate Collection
Works with images
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ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
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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
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Beuys, Joseph
Beuys, Joseph, installation, ‘The Pack’
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<p>Beuys was highly influential in shifting the emphasis from what an artist makes to his personality, activities and opinions. His charismatic presence was integral to his work and he communicated his expanded concept of art through performance, public discussion and political campaigning. His clothes became an instantly recognisable uniform – jeans, white shirt, a fishing vest, fur-lined coat and a trilby hat. This photograph shows this artist with some of the sledges from his 1969 sculpture <i>the pack</i>.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2010</em></p>
painting photograph gelatin silver print canvas
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
6 August 2010 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
6 August 2010 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
2010-08-06
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2010-08-06
ARTIST ROOMS Joseph Beuys
Collection based display
13 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
2018-01-21
13 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
2018-01-21
2017-10-13
Leeds Art Gallery (Leeds, UK)
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/
2017-10-13
ARTIST ROOMS 2017: Joseph Beuys
Loan-out
Untitled
support: 2330 × 2275 mm
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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>Wearing his unmistakeable felt trilby hat, with his fishing vest poking through a luxuriant fur-lined jacket, this large image (over two metres square) shows Beuys at his most iconic. The clothes he wears here were part of his artist's 'uniform', chosen for comfort and practicality (the multi-pocketed vest was particularly useful) but also as a way to create his image. Fittingly, he is depicted with one of his most distinctive sculptures. In the foreground is 'The Pack' (1969), a group of twenty-four sledges. Each one has its own survival kit including fat for sustenance, felt for warmth and a torch for navigation, making the artist's signature materials part of this image too.</p>

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