hi meryl.
if you haven't seen it check out 'joseph beuys: we go this way' by caroline
tisdall.
a very beautiful book, mostly photographs of high quality. tisdall seems to
truly understand beuys' work.
i agree about who cares about labels like 'who is fluxus' i like the ideas of
fluxus though i don't see myself as a fluxus artist, still it fascinates me
and i find it freeing to think in a different way. i've admired fluxus since
the 60's but had no contact with it until fluxlist started. i'm glad for the
list and all the fun and education it has provided.
best regards, carol
meryl wrote:
>
> Carol,
> Yeah, that's a great book! And I was in NYC at the time too but
> unfortunately, I was too out of it (all fucked up in art school, ironically)
> back then to have been aware of those goings on. I'd also recommend (if you
> haven't already read 'em) the Beuys bio. by Heiner Stachelhaus published by
> Abbeville press, a small paperback life and works published (years ago) by
> Barron's, and The Felt Hat, Joseph Beuys a Life Told, by Lucrezia DeDomizio
> Durini published by Charta. I've only just skimmed that last one, but
> there's not a lot published in English (nothing text heavy, anyway) so I
> rather grab anything that shows up.
>
> My, my, all these discussions of who's FLUXUS and who's not really, truly,
> FLUXUS. Does it matter? Should I care? As long as the work
> produced...uh...you know...works, isn't that enough? Clearly there were
> many overlapping themes in the work of Beuys, "genuine" Flux talent, and
> other artists who might not have actually met REAL flux artists but were
> clearly drawing from the same well.
>
> Don't ask if it's real, ask if it works.
> (then sign it, copy it, and send out documention--hee-hee)
>
> out of mind/out of time
>
> BadgerGirl
>
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carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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