Joseph Beuys : In Defense of Nature / organized by Sarah Loyer and Andrea Gyorody ; reflections by Lazaro Arvizu Jr., Desireé Reneé Martinez, Thaddaeus Ropac, Aaron Thomas, Aradhna Tripati ; Essays by Andrea Gyorody and Sarah Loyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beuys, Joseph, artist.

Contributor:

Gyorody, Andrea, organizer, editor.

Loyer, Sarah, organizer, editor.

Broad (Art museum : Los Angeles, Calif.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beuys, Joseph--Exhibitions.

Beuys, Joseph.

Beuys, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation.

Environmentalism in art--Exhibitions.

Environmentalism in art.

Tree planting--In art.

Tree planting.

Multiple art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

72, 54 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

In defense of nature

Place of Publication:

New York : Delmonico Books, [2024]

Summary:

"The exhibition Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature is organized by The Broad’s curator Sarah Loyer with Beuys scholar Andrea Gyorody, director of the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University. It will coincide with a major reforestation initiative, Social Forest: Oaks of Tovaangar, as part of Getty’s landmark arts event PST ART: Art & Science Collide. These dual projects present Beuys’s work and practice as more urgent than ever before, as the planet’s climate continues to warm. The exhibition will present over 400 artworks that illuminate Beuys’s practice as a model for direct environmental action, drawing from the Broad’s extensive holdings of the artist’s work. The corresponding Social Forest initiative will echo the appeals for change seen within the exhibition, with an emphasis on the unique social and environmental context of current day Los Angeles. Undertaken in partnership with North East Trees and Tongva (Gabrielino) archaeologist Desireé Reneé Martinez and artist Lazaro Arvizu Jr., the project encompasses the planting of 100 native trees, primarily coast live oaks, in Elysian Park in Los Angeles and additional plantings at Kuruvungna Village Springs in West L.A.

Contents:

Introduction / Joanne Heyler

Can sculpture change the world? / Andrea Gyorody

Plates

Acknowledgments

Never stop planting / Sarah Loyer

Social forest

Reflections / Thaddaeus Ropac ; Lazaro Arvizu Jr. ; Desireé Reneé Martinez ; Aaron Thomas, ; Aradhna Tripati

Institutional and photo credits

Contributors.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at The Broad, Los Angeles, November 16, 2024-April 6, 2025.

Bound tête-bêche.

Contains:

Social forest : oaks of Tovaangar

ISBN:

9781636811505

1636811507

OCLC:

1468492972