Joseph Beuys, Telephone T----------------R

Joseph Beuys, , (From Two FLUXUS-Objects, Edition of 24), dimensions variable, string, paper, paint/tin cans, 1974. Image courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York.

It's hard to tell if the mystical aura around Joseph Beuys objects comes from the works themselves or from his persona, but there is always something transformative about the simplest objects. The texture of the painted cross and the twine, the just-right weathering of the cans. They perfectly evoke childhood games and military rations, these basic objects seem capable of preforming strange feats of magic and alchemy.