One of my favorite
artists is Joseph Beuys. He was born in Germany in 1921 .
In 1940 he became
part of the Air force of the Nazi Army, some time later he had an
accident, his plane fell in Crimea and he was rescued by native
tartaros.
Beuys conceived one
of the most compelling, and still provocative, esthetic programs of
the postwar period, one that continues to cause reververation. His
sculpture, performance, lectures and political activism were all part
of a grand, enormous goaul: the transformation of western culture
into a more peaceful, democratic and creative system.
Along the way he
developed a range of wildly inventive art forms and served as a model
for a whole generation of young artist.
I'm
interested in this artist because is one of the first in practice the
performance. It's a recurrent area of interest in my work. I use his
life's work as a theoretical reference every time.