First major monograph in French, fully illustrated, devoted to the key figure of Joseph Beuys, revealing the aesthetic ambition and political issues through a genealogy that retraces a whole part of the XXth century.
Jean-Philippe Antoine is Professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Art Theory at Paris 8 University. His research bears on images and the social construction of Memory, as well as modern definitions of art. An artist, he works with painting, installations, soundworks and lectures-performances, including collaborations with
Leif Elggren and Mikael Levin. Sound publications include
The Worried Ones (Antoine-Elggren),
Live at 64 (2013),
Nouvelles musiques anciennes (CD, 2011) and
Objet Métal Esprit (EP, 2010), all at Firework Edition Records.
