Joseph Beuys, Block Beuys – Eva Wenzel (1990)
This definitive monograph explores Block Beuys, the monumental installation at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, where Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) transformed seven rooms into a Gesamtkunstwerk of his life’s work—fat corners, felt suits, blackboards, and vitrines coexisting as a symbolic autobiography. Wenzel’s book dissects the space’s alchemy, where art, pedagogy, and shamanic ritual merge.
For Beuys Scholars & Fluxus Fans:
- Energy Plan for the Western Man – Joseph Beuys (1990) – Interviews unpacking his utopianism.
- Beuys: The Art of Cooking – Silvia Eiblmayr (1998) – His edible metaphors (honey, sausages as art).
- Fluxus Codex – Jon Hendricks (1988) – Context for Beuys’ anarchic peers.
“A reliquary for the 20th century’s most enigmatic saint.”
