Anyone who saw him once would not soon forget his look: Joseph Beuys’ appearance alone – fishing vest, white shirt, jeans and obligatory felt hat – is burned into the collective memory of the art ...

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Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was a German artist connected to the Fluxus ... He was rescued from the crash by nomadic Tatar tribesmen, who had wrapped his broken body in animal fat and felt and nursed him ...

German Conceptual artist Joseph Beuys arrived by plane to New York City. He was met by assistants who wrapped him in a large piece of felt per his direction, put him on a stretcher, loaded him into an ...

In Beuys’s account of his survival, the Tartars covered his body with animal fat and wrapped it in felt blankets to rejuvenate it. These elements would form the basis of both his personal ...