<p><b>Explore the poster art of Joseph Beuys and discover some of the philosophies that made him one of the most influential artists of the postwar period.</b><br /> <br /> One of the most important German postwar artists, Joseph Beuys is known for his drawings, performance art, activism, and teaching, influencing a generation of younger artists and expanding the concept of what art is. He had an ambitious goal for his art: to transform western culture into a more peaceful, democratic, and creative place. He also considered everyone to be an artist and that art and life should not be viewed separately. This book pulls together all of the avant-garde artist's posters from his entire oeuvre. His earliest posters often announced exhibitions of his own performance art, while later posters expressed his philosophical and political opinions, such as those for Germany's Green Party, which he was a founding member of. This book includes full page illustrations of Beuys' most important posters, essays about Beuys' influence, an extensive biography of the artist and a complete catalogue of all posters created under his guidance. No other medium expresses Beuys heartfelt beliefs better than his posters, which employ a style of graphic design all his own.</p>

Joseph Beuys Posters

Arts & Photography

Von Der Osten, Claus

Spiegelberger, Rene

History & Criticism

Prestel

<p><div>I don't make any artisic difference between a poster design and my Work Drawings. --Franz Erhard Walther Franz Erhard Walther (b. Fulda, 1939; lives and works in Fulda) is a German sculptor and creator of conceptual, installation, and process-based art whose work often stands in relation to his, or the beholder's, body. For four decades, Walther designed artist's posters, a genre that has become an anachronism in our contemporary digital world. The artist's poster had its heyday in the era of art nouveau, classic modernism, and Pop Art. Yet despite the ascent of new media, virtually all artists of note to this day produce posters as well, and Franz Erhard Walther is no exception. This book is the first to gather his extensive output in the format in a single volume, rounded out by a wide-ranging survey of his designs and artist's books. Complemented by essays based on extensive research by Claus von der Osten and Rene S. Spiegelberger, the book provides insight into the influential artist's work. Franz Erhard Walther studied at the Werkkunstschule Offenbach am Main (today's Offenbach University of Art and Design) and the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt. He completed his education with a stint at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts, where Karl Otto Götz was his teacher and Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke were among his fellow students. At the age of 32, Walther was appointed to a professorship at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts (HFBK), where he taught until 2005. His works were on display at documenta 5, 6, 7, and 8, and in 2017, Walther received the Golden Lion at the 57th Venice Biennale.</div></p>

Franz Erhard Walther: Manifestations. Catalogue Raisonné of the Posters, Books and Drafts 1958 – 2020

Verhagen, Erik

Walther, Susanne

Individual Artists

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