'Utopia at the Stag Monuments' by Norman Rosenthal

Read an essay on the evolution of Joseph Beuys' artistic practice beginning with his early, rarely seen works to his conceptual environments. 

Providing illuminating insights into the artistic philosophy of Joseph Beuys, this essay by renowned art historian and curator Norman Rosenthal traces how Beuys's art and his life coalesce into a Gesamtkunstwerk that is deeply rooted in cultural history.

 

This essay was published on the occasion of the 2018 exhibition Utopia at the Stag Monuments at Thaddaeus Ropac, London.