About this artwork
Beuys often utilised the fabric felt in his work. For him it represents protection and preserving energy by preventing it from being dissipated and lost. Beuys explained the character of his felt pieces, such as ‘Felt Angle’, as follows: “These felt objects… share common meanings and intentions, both physical and symbolic: felt as an insulator, as a protective covering against other influences, or conversely as a material that permits infiltration from outside influences. Then there is the warmth character, the greyness which serves to emphasise the colours that exist in the world by a psychological after-image effect, and the silence as every sound is absorbed and muffled.”
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artist:Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986) German
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title:Filzwinkel [Felt Angle]
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date created:1985
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materials:Felt object
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measurements:36.00 x 10.50 x 1.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2002
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accession number:GMA 4643
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys
German artist Beuys believed that art was integral to everyday life. According to Beuys his own art was shaped by an experience early in his life. As a Luftwaffe pilot during the war, he claimed that he was shot down over the Crimea and was saved by nomadic Tartars. Barely alive, he was wrapped in...