BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 117                 Friday, 26 April 2024         Antwerpen		
Out in the Real World
Artist and pedagogue
Joseph Heinrich Beuys


  • 12 May 1921 (+) is born in Krefeld, Germany.

  • 20 July 1964 (x) is punched in the face by Uwe Schilling during his performance 'Kukei, akopee-Nein!' on the Festival Der Neuen Kunst in Aachen, Germany.

  • 26 November 1965 (x) performs 'Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt' in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 9 February 1968 (x) performs 'Eurasienstab - 82 min Fluxorium Organum' with Henning Christiansen in Antwerpen, Belgium.

  • 14 December 1968 (x) performs 'Ja ja ja ja ja, nee nee nee nee nee' in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 21 May 1974 (x) starts his performance 'I like America and America likes Me' in New York, United States.

  • 23 January 1986 (-) dies of heart failure in Düsseldorf, Germany.


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