Joseph Beuys and the Artistic Education

Theory and Practice of an Artistic Art Education

Author: Carl-Peter Buschkühle

Joseph Beuys signi cantly in uenced the development of art in

recent decades through his expanded de nition of art. In his art
and re ections on art, he raised far-reaching questions on the
nature of art and its central importance for modern education. His
famous claim, “Every human is an artist,“ points to the fundamental Pages: xii, 238 pp.
ability of every human to be creative in the art of life – with respect Language: English
to the development of one’s own personality and one’s actions
Subjects: Art Education,
within society. Beuys saw society as an artwork in a permanent
Education, General, Art History,
process of transformation, a ‘social sculpture‘ in which every
Educational Philosophy,
person participated, and for which everyone should be educated as
Education, Educational Theory,
comprehensively as possible.
Education, Culture & Education,
Education
Beuys describes pedagogy as central to his art. This book thus
Publisher: Brill | Sense
examines important aspects of Beuys’s art and theory and the
challenges they raise for contemporary artistic education. It Series: 
outlines the foundational theoretical qualities of artistic education Doing Arts Thinking: Arts
and discusses the practice of ‘artistic projects’ in a series of Practice, Research and
empirical examples. The author, Carl-Peter Buschkühle, documents Education, Volume: 6
projects he has undertaken with various high school classes. In
additional chapters, Mario Urlaß discusses the great value of E-Book (PDF)
artistic projects in primary school, and Christian Wagner re ects Publication Date: 23 Mar 2020
on his collaboration with the performance artist Wolfgang ISBN: 978-90-04-42455-5
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Artistic education has become one of the most in uential art- Hardback
pedagogical concepts in German-speaking countries. This book Publication Date: 26 Mar 2020
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artistic education inside and outside schools.

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