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New documentation of Joseph Beuys' controversial performance piece

May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Joseph Beuys' infamous piece of performance art staged in New York City: I Like America and America Likes Me. The premisea man and a wild coyote locked together inside a roomhelped build a cult following for Beuys that has made him alternately revered and reviled throughout the contemporary art world. Stephen Aiken's (born 1948) photographs of this May 1974 action by Beuysrecently unearthed and previously unpublishedoffer a fresh look at this seminal art happening. These striking images are supplemented with a set of previously unseen color photos taken by Aiken of Beuys at Greenwich Village's New School in January 1974: verbally sparring onstage with fellow artist Hannah Wilke and jousting with a raucous audience that threatened to turn his lecture into a brawl.

Stephen Aiken An Artist a Coyote and a Cage

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    Publisher: LetterPress 16
    Publication Date: 01/04/2024
    ISBN13: 9781953995049, 978-1953995049
    ISBN10: 1953995047

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    New documentation of Joseph Beuys' controversial performance piece

    May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Joseph Beuys' infamous piece of performance art staged in New York City: I Like America and America Likes Me. The premisea man and a wild coyote locked together inside a roomhelped build a cult following for Beuys that has made him alternately revered and reviled throughout the contemporary art world. Stephen Aiken's (born 1948) photographs of this May 1974 action by Beuysrecently unearthed and previously unpublishedoffer a fresh look at this seminal art happening. These striking images are supplemented with a set of previously unseen color photos taken by Aiken of Beuys at Greenwich Village's New School in January 1974: verbally sparring onstage with fellow artist Hannah Wilke and jousting with a raucous audience that threatened to turn his lecture into a brawl.

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