Joseph Beuys, 1983

ArtistAndy Warhol, Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York

DepictedJoseph Beuys, Krefeld 1921–1986 Düsseldorf

Polymer paint, screen printing ink, pulverized glass on canvas

(H x W)101,6 × 101,6 cm

Status

on display, room 034

About the workThe US artist Andy Warhol elevated popular appeal to an art form, exploring both the lighter and darker sides of our modern affluent society. He first met his German colleague Joseph Beuys in 1979, at the opening of Warhol’s exhibition at Galerie Hans Mayer in Düsseldorf. After another meeting in New York, the idea of a series of portraits of Beuys was born. They are based on a photograph and include screen prints and paintings. Although their format and colour vary, they repeat the same motif in the style of advertisements.

AccessionPermanent loan of the Friends of the Kunstpalast

Inventory number0.1986.21L

Pop art
Portraits
Contemporary art

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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