Artist field note

Joseph Beuys

Myth, politics and pedagogy as sculpture.

7000 Oaks by Joseph Beuys
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7000 Oaks

1982-87

Tree planting paired with basalt stones turns ecological action and urban time into a social sculpture.

The five in one idea

Beuys expanded sculpture until teaching, ecology, politics and collective action could all count as artistic material.