{"product_id":"what-is-art-joseph-beuys-9781905570072","title":"What Is Art?: Conversations with Joseph Beuys","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Beuys stated in a letter to Manfred Schradi (Oct. 21, 1971): \u003c\/p\u003e\"I know that from him [Rudolf Steiner] that a mission was given to me to gradually remove people's alienation and mistrust toward the supersensible through my means. In political thinking--the field I have to be working on daily--it is a matter of realizing the Threefold Social Order as quickly as possible.\"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Beuys's work continues to influence and inspire artists and thinkers around the world--in areas from organizational learning, direct democracy, and new forms of money, to new methods of art education and the practice of \"ecological art.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolker Harlan (a close colleague of Beuys), whose own work also explores substance and sacrament, talked in a conversation with Joseph Beuys about the deeper motivations and insights behind \"social sculpture\" and his expanded view of art. These profound reflections are complemented by Harlan's thoughtful essays and give a sense of the interconnected nature of all life forms, offering a basis for a path toward a future that is ecologically sustainable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features more than forty illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Beuys, Volker Harlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905570074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905570072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clairview Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.68h x 7.52w x 0.39d","brand":"Joseph Beuys","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939118022911,"sku":"9781905570072","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2143ffc3-909f-4739-b5af-b4a42748528a.jpg?v=1681439602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-art-joseph-beuys-9781905570072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}