On Friendship / (Collateral Damage) IV - How to Explain Hare Hunting to a Dead German Artist [The usefulness of continuous measurement of the distance between Nostalgia and Melancholia], '
Hasenjagd' is the code word for killing Jews during WWII (2021-2023).
In 2021/2022 the 100th anniversary of the birth of the artist Joseph Beuys was celebrated in Europe, among others with a special event Beuys 2021. 100 years. Joseph Beuys (1921, Krefeld - 1986, Dusseldorf) is one of the influential post-war German artists, who became particularly famous for his performances, installations, lectures, and Fluxus concerts.
But who is Beuys truly?
Joseph Beuys mythologized his war story as a National Socialist and Germany's post-traumatic era. After WWII Beuys transformed himself from perpetrator to victim. And yet, his service in the Luftwaffe during WWII did not really effect his artistic practice. During the 100-years manifestation the controversial activities, the significance, the post-war culture, and the political ideas of Joseph Beuys have not been properly criticised. As part of the celebration, it is high time we add a critical eye on Beuys' work, as well as on his association with Germany's post-war era. Joseph Sassoon Semah takes us on a critical journey concerning Beuys. He has done extensive research on Joseph Beuys' activities, values, and ideas while analyzing in the process the deeper meaning of the (hidden) symbols used by Beuys. He responded to Beuys with old and new three-dimensional works, a series of old and new drawings, performances, texts, and meetings.
With texts by Joseph Sassoon Semah, Hans Peter Riegel, Arie Hartog, Linda Bouws, Rick Vercauteren, Ton Nijhuis, Mati Shemoelof, Markus Netterscheidt, Albert Groot, David de Boer, Paul Groot, Ulco Mes, Bas Marteijn and Andreas Wöhle.
Metropool Internationale Kunstprojecten
Final editing: Linda Bouws & Joseph Sassoon Semah
Design + layout: kunstburo geert schriever
A4, 208 pages, full colour
ISBN 9789090368399
Hasenjagd' is the code word for killing Jews during WWII (2021-2023).
In 2021/2022 the 100th anniversary of the birth of the artist Joseph Beuys was celebrated in Europe, among others with a special event Beuys 2021. 100 years. Joseph Beuys (1921, Krefeld - 1986, Dusseldorf) is one of the influential post-war German artists, who became particularly famous for his performances, installations, lectures, and Fluxus concerts.
But who is Beuys truly?
Joseph Beuys mythologized his war story as a National Socialist and Germany's post-traumatic era. After WWII Beuys transformed himself from perpetrator to victim. And yet, his service in the Luftwaffe during WWII did not really effect his artistic practice. During the 100-years manifestation the controversial activities, the significance, the post-war culture, and the political ideas of Joseph Beuys have not been properly criticised. As part of the celebration, it is high time we add a critical eye on Beuys' work, as well as on his association with Germany's post-war era. Joseph Sassoon Semah takes us on a critical journey concerning Beuys. He has done extensive research on Joseph Beuys' activities, values, and ideas while analyzing in the process the deeper meaning of the (hidden) symbols used by Beuys. He responded to Beuys with old and new three-dimensional works, a series of old and new drawings, performances, texts, and meetings.
With texts by Joseph Sassoon Semah, Hans Peter Riegel, Arie Hartog, Linda Bouws, Rick Vercauteren, Ton Nijhuis, Mati Shemoelof, Markus Netterscheidt, Albert Groot, David de Boer, Paul Groot, Ulco Mes, Bas Marteijn and Andreas Wöhle.
Metropool Internationale Kunstprojecten
Final editing: Linda Bouws & Joseph Sassoon Semah
Design + layout: kunstburo geert schriever
A4, 208 pages, full colour
ISBN 9789090368399