Energy Plan for the Western Man: Joseph Beuys in America : Writings by and Interviews With the Artist

by Joseph Beuys

Edited by Carin Kuoni. Introduction by Kim Levin.

252 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Joseph Heinrich Beuys (/bɔɪs/ BOYSS, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art movement known as Fluxus and was a key figure in the development of Happenings.

Beuys is known for his "extended definition of art" in which the ideas of social sculpture could potentially reshape society and politics. He frequently held open public debates on a wide range of subjects, including political, environmental, social, and long-term cultural issues.

Reviews

[Rosa Macpherson]

Well finished almost all of it... as much as I find useful and interesting, which is most of it. You have to already know and care about Beuys to get anything remotely coherent from the book... he sounds like he's off his heid. He probably is. But he nudged and shoved us further along the road to self awareness, to understanding our relationshi[ with ourselves , with the world about us and the other creatures and plants we share the air with .