BEUYS ON THE CRIMEA 1- 7

1990 I WAS ON A GROUP EXHIBITION IN LEIPZIG INVITED. TITLE OF THE EXHIBITION "AS GRASS IN THE WIND" IN HONOR OF GERHARD ALTENBOURG. CAME TO ISSUE A GRAPHIC WALLET WITH MANY ARTISTS FROM THE FORMER GDR. MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE WALLET WAS A WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PRESSURE TECHNIQUES ENSTAND. INTEGRATED WAS A QUOTE FROM A STATEMENT BY JOSEPH BEUYS:   

 "There are so many walls between you and me."

 

In August 1964, the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia by Joseph Beuys required as a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy a written statement that he "/ factory run CV '' Increasing the Berlin Wall for better proportion to 5 cm" recommends in his.

Beuys writes in his opinion for the Minister of the Interior:

This is an image and should be considered as an image. Only in an emergency or for training reasons are accessed for interpretation. It is incomprehensible to me why you do not understand the obvious meaning without interpretation.

First Question Answer: "Is it a paradox with which have worked at all times the artists to drill a deeper layer?"

Second Question Answer: "Is it a cipher?"

I'm starting quite real - banal : Consideration of the Berlin Wall, from a point of view that takes into account only the proportion of this building, should be surely allowed.

 

Immediately defused the wall. By internal laughter. Destroy the wall. You will no longer hang on the physical wall. It will be directed to the spiritual wall, and to overcome them, that is what I suppose to. First, then, the wall is overcome by me. Motto: Under my heart the Wall government would not at first emerged.

 

Spontaneously emerging question: "What being member in me or other people leaving this thing occur?"

Bottom line: The wall itself is not important. Do not talk so much of the wall! Justify through self-education a better morale in the human race, and all the walls disappear. There are so many walls between you and me.

 

A wall in itself is very nice if the proportion is correct.

 

When I come to Berlin, and you drag it to me within five minutes. "Have you ever been on the wall?" Yes, I know the wall of inner experience. I know exactly what this is, this wall. Further, I am willing to solve this problem wall still in my life. If you me the opportunity to gibt.

Götz Adriani, Winfried Konnertz, Karin Thomas: "Joseph Beuys".

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