Print on paper
Tate Collection
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ARTIST ROOMS
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>
Joseph Beuys Ausstellung und Diskussion in der Galerie PolitArt
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
<p>Advertising an exhibition in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, this image shows Beuys during his famous 1965 action <span>How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare</span> (Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf). For three hours Beuys, his head covered in gold leaf and honey, held a dead hare against his chest and murmured into its ear. The action, which was only visible from outside, through the art gallery windows, was meant as a reflection on the limits of language and human intuition.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2015</em></p>
paper print
23 November 2015 – 2 November 2018
2018-11-02
23 November 2015 – 2 November 2018
2018-11-02
2015-11-23
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2015-11-23
Joseph Beuys
Collection based display
Joseph Beuys. Ausstellung und Diskussion in der Galerie Polit-Art
image: 617 × 232 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
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<p>Advertising an exhibition in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, this image shows Beuys during his famous 1965 action <i>How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare</i> (Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf). For three hours Beuys, his head covered in gold leaf and honey, held a dead hare against his chest and murmured into its ear. The action, which was only visible from outside, through the art gallery windows, was meant as a reflection on the limits of language and human intuition.</p>
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