100 Years of Beuys:

A Discussion on the Life and Impact of Joseph Beuys

This discussion was organized by Goethe Pop Up Houston and Project Row Houses and held at the latter's location on Tuesday October 19th. The participants are artist and co-founder of Project Row Houses: Rick Lowe, founding Executive Director of the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University: Alison Weaver, and life-long artist advocate and former-Executive Director of Project Row Houses: Linda Shearer. They offer their personal experiences and views on the impact and life of German artist Joseph Beuys.

His theory of “social sculpture” (Soziale Plastik) envisions art having a formative effect on society. Through this lense, all actors and aspects of social life may change their conditions to restructure and shape society rather than to simply produce tangible artifacts.