Exhibition
Thinking is Form
The Drawings of Joseph Beuys
The Obstacles (Los obstáculos), 1929 Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902–2002) Gelatin silver print 7 1/2 x 8 15/16 inches Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of The Julien Levy Collection, 2001
When
Oct 10, 1993 – Jan 2, 1994
Tickets
This retrospective exhibition comprises approximately 200 drawings by Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), the central figure in postwar German art. It focuses on the most intimate and revealing aspect of Beuys' work, one little known to American audiences. The selection charts the remarkable evolution of Beuys' ideas throughout the course of five decades in a variety of mediums, including pencil, watercolor, oil, collage, and chalk on blackboards. It traces the development of drawing from a private, introspective activity to one which became the vehicle for Beuys' vision of global social reform. Thinking is Form: the Drawings of Joseph Beuys is accompanied by a catalogue written by Ann Temkin, Bernice Rose and Dieter Koepplin and published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Organizers
This exhibition has been organized by Ann Temkin, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Bernice Rose, Senior Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Itinerary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Curators
Ann Temkin, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of 20th Century Art at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtBernice Rose, Senior Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sponsors
This exhibition is made possible by generous grants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Deutsche Bank,The Pew Charitable Trusts, Lufthansa German Airlines, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Bohen Foundation and theNational Endowment for the Arts. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. In Philadelphia, theexhibition received additional support from BMW of North America, Inc.The publication was supported in part by grants from Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder, New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Josef Froehlich, Stuttgart.