Joseph Beuys
(c)SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Hall Art Foundation, NY, USA, photo: M HKA, 2017
Felt is an integral part of Beuys’ oeuvre and one of his trademark artistic materials. The Felt Suit is therefore one of the most recognisable sculptures. Beuys regards felt as a spiritual ‘insulator’, capable of preserving warm energy, which might be a catalyst for creativity. Although the Felt Suit should not be worn, he did so himself on one occasion. Beuys remarked: ‘[O]n one hand [the Felt Suit] is a house, a cave insulating the person from everything else. On the other hand, it is a symbol of the isolation of the person in our time.’1
1 Beuys in Keto von Waberer, ‘Das Nomadische spielt eine Rolle von Anfang an. Interview mit Joseph Beuys’ [The nomadic plays a part from the very beginning. Interview with Joseph Beuys], in: Carl Haenlein (ed.), Joseph Beuys. Eine Innere Mongolei(Kestner-Gesellschaft: Hannover, 1990) 206.
Edition: 100 + 10 h.c., numbered, not signed
Galerie Réne Block, Berlin