Joseph Beuys
CLASSIC- JOSEPH BEUYS
{May 12, 1921 (Krefeld, Germany) – January 23, 1986 (Duesseldorf, Germany)}
DISCOVER OUR CLASSIC JOSEPH BEUYS:
Joseph was a monochromatic artist, so in one of the rooms in our Torel Avantgarde hotel, in the center of Porto, the design of the room that represents him is in black and white.
The lamps are green because of the myth surrounding their history: while a pilot during the war, the plane crashed and was healed with herbs by the people who found it after this accident.
You can find this Classic room in our luxury boutique hotel.
Classic Joseph Beuys:
- 25 m2;
- Twin bed;
- Occupancy: up to two people;
- Offer of Nespresso coffee and water throughout your stay.
See our other rooms in the Classic category: Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Nina Simone, Fernando Pessoa.
MEET THE ARTIST JOSEPH BEUYS...
Joseph Beuys was a Fluxus artist, a performance artist, a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue.
His extensive work draws on concepts from Humanism, Social Philosophy, and Anthroposophy. It culminates in his "broad definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as “Gesamtkunstwerk”, in which he claimed a creative and participatory role in the formation of society and politics.
Beuys believed that everyone could make art.
Some of his main works:
- I like America and America likes me;
- How to explain pictures to a dead hare;
- The pack;
- Democracy is merry.
Artistic currents: Neodadaism, Conceptual art, Modern art, Ecovention, Fluxus.
“To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom.” – Joseph Beuys
