ABOUT Joseph Beuys

Born in Krefeld, Germany in 1921. From an early age, he was gifted not only in the arts, but also in piano and cello. In 1840, while serving in World War II as a correspondent, he was involved in a plane crash on the Crimina Peninsula in the north. While wounded, he was rescued by a Tatar who treated him. The fat and felt that the Tatars used to dress his wounds later became the motifs for his sculptures. The use of fat and felt as motifs in art is non-traditional and is the result of his search for new forms of expression. Fat and felt are characterized by their ability to change and be retained by heat. Heat is a symbol of life, and it can be said that he chose this motif based on his own experience that Boyce, who was wandering between life and death, recovered by using this fat and felt. He has said that acting for the betterment of society with a sense of ownership is social sculpture, and that "everyone is an artist. He himself actively participated in social activities such as planting 7,000 oak trees, supporting student movements, and running for the Green Party himself.