Beuys
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1h 47m
Leaving November 1
Directed by Andreis Veil | 107 mins | 2017
A rich trove of never-before-seen archival footage shows how the charismatic and controversial German artist Joseph Beuys’s teachings, installations, happenings—such as covering himself in honey and gold leaf in How to Explain Paintings to a Dead Hare—and lectures (“money shouldn’t be a commodity”) argue for a more expansive view of the role of art in our lives.
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