by Joseph Beuys, Stephan von Wiese · ISBN 9788476641545
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«Punt de confluència. Joseph Beuys, Düsseldorf 1962-1987» is the catalogue of the exhibition curated by Stephan von Wiese (Fundació Caixa de Pensions, 1988).
The catalogue explores the relationship of the German artist Joseph Beuys with Düsseldorf between 1962 and 1987, a period linked to his work at the city's Kunstakademie. It includes texts and illustrations that trace his work and the artistic context of the German scene of those years.
The exhibition was held at the Centre Cultural de la Fundació Caixa de Pensions de Barcelona from 18 April to 22 May 1988; a 195-page edition in Catalan with English translation.
For readers interested in twentieth-century German art and in the figure of Joseph Beuys, with a documentary approach to his time in Düsseldorf.
Joseph Heinrich Beuys was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings.
