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December 23, 2004
A World of Fat and Felt
'During this phase Beuys had a carpenter from Kleve make him a wooden crate, which he insisted on having smoothly planed and finished. Then he smeared tar all over this beautifully finished crate, inside and out, and took it to his studio in Heerdt. His idea, as he later recalled, was that the crate was a black, empty, isolated space, in which investigations could take place and new experiences could occur. He felt compelled to sit inside it, to not be anymore, to simply stop living.'
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Heiner Stechelhaus : Joseph Beuys
Posted by robin at December 23, 2004 12:54 PM