Joseph Beuys

(c)SABAM Belgiƫ, 2017 - Courtesy Museum Schloss Moyland, Sammlung van der Grinten Bedburg - Hau/Kreis Kleve, photo: M HKA, 2017
Batterie, 1963
Object , 27.5 x 11.3 x 6 cm
oil paint (brown cross) on corrugated cardboard, cord, leather

Batteries are ways of storing energy, in the case of Beuys’ works he views his sculptures as batteries for personal, collective and ecological development.