Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff

The exhibition focuses on the artists’ output from 1968 onwards, evoking the world of the student protests which were taking place across Europe and in the United States. In 1968, Beuys was a teacher and Immendorff his student at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. Beuys had already established himself as a leading figure of the post-war avant-garde and had been involved with the international Fluxus movement since the early 1960s. His provocative statements and work in new and challenging media – performance pieces, sculpture in felt and animal fat – gave expression to his radical conception of art that won him both a devoted following and vehement opposition. 0Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (10.04-31.08.32014).