Joseph Beuys poster via Jack Hanley Gallery

Jack Hanley Gallery in New York is exhibiting, “Joseph Beuys: Plakate: Signed Posters 1969-87” through August 31. Joseph Beuys, the infamous postwar German artist (1921 – 1986) made his first visit to the United States in 1974 and was known for his performances, sculptures, prints, posters, and drawings. Jack Hanley Gallery is showing 33 signed posters from the height of Beauys’s career. This collection gives viewers a glimpse of the many faces of Beauys’s career.

Now Viewing | Joseph Beuys [NYTimes TMagazine: The Moment]
Joseph Beuys: Plakate: Signed Posters 1969-87 [Jack Hanley Gallery]

Joseph Beuys poster via Jack Hanley Gallery

The outspoken, political, and seemingly controversial artist, Joseph Beuys, was a member of the international Fluxus movement and was widely recognized among the art world during his career. During his lifetime he represented Germany of the Venice Biennale in 1976 and again in 1980, and was also honored with a retrospective at the Guggenheim New York in 1979.

Joseph Beuys poster via Jack Hanley Gallery

The Moment explains, “Tributing John Milius’s 1973 film ‘Dillinger’ with a quick-and-dirty conceptual remake, Beuys’s poster allows the artist’s obligatory mythmaking to displace the actor Warren Oates and crib the film’s original tag line: ‘He was the gangster’s gangster.’ Even when flattened and hung on a wall, Beuys’s charismatic agenda continues to outfox, seduce and refocus the art of his storytelling.”

Joseph Beuys poster via Jack Hanley Gallery

Two signed Joseph Beuys posters via The Moment

Joseph Beuys poster via Jack Hanley Gallery

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