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Axel Hinrich Murken Joseph Beuys und die Medizin
(Joseph Beuys and Medicine)
F.Coppenrath Verlag, Munster, 1978. First Edition. Octavo.
Hardbound with felt-covered boards and tipped-in cover image.
Though missing the original leather strap on the spine, book is
in very Near Fine condition, showing only light rubbing and scattered,
light smudges to the tipped-in image.
Bill Owens Suburbia
Joseph Beuys was considered to be one of Europe’s leading
contemporary artists. He saw himself as a healer - hence the
book’s references to his works as “medicaments” - who aims to
cure a sick society by making people aware of their creativity.
Additionally, magical medicine gains a special meaning in the
system of Beuys’ creative process. As it cannot be tested experimentally
and statistically, this prehistoric medicine finds itself in
opposition to the rational medicine which has been formed by
the sciences. In the morbidity and staleness of the origin of these
objects from the sick-room and the seemingly chaotic and primitive
presentation, the Beuys’ preference for creating a world in
opposition to the glistening, tidy consumer world is clearly shown
-- Beuys would like to change man, to bring him out of a cultural
numbness.
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Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1973. First Edition, First
Printing. Square quarto with cloth covered boards. Comes in
original green, clothbound slipcase. Issued without dust jacket.
Scarce copy from a limited run of 250. Slipcase shows light rubbing
at the corners. Book is in Fine condition.
In 1973, the suburbs may have offered a haven for middle-class
life, an assumed safe harbor from the syncopation of the real
world, but Suburbia renders with stunning clarity the depths to
which this charade runs. At first glance, Owens’ images of backyard
barbecues, women at the hair salon, children playing, men
and women at work and leisure, portray a world seemingly insulated
from the social changes of the time: Watergate, Viet Nam,
and the ever-changing face of American Media are displaced in
favor of Tupperware and Trans Ams. Yet Owens’ captions to his
photographs, all of which come exclusively from the subjects of
his photos, give personal testimony that appearances can be deceiving.
With Suburbia, Owens cuts deeply into a uniquely American
phenomenon without chastising those he photographs, but
certainly not without asking questions.
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