Joseph Beuys in Basel - Bd.3: Schneefall

In times when contemporary art criticism often reduces itself to name dropping and the popular marketing strategy of branding, discussions of individual works are of particular importance. Swiss art historian Dieter Koepplin presents such a work here on the sculpture Snowfall by Joseph Beuys, which is housed in the Kunstmuseum Basel. Snowfall, created in 1965, is one of the few sculptures that Beuys has released to the public as a standalone piece. This can be interpreted as a sign of the object's special quality and strength. Snowfall consists of sparse materials, specifically three trunks of stripped and split Christmas trees and a stack of rectangular felt mats. Both components artistically demonstrate Beuys' closeness to Minimal Art and Arte Povera. Furthermore, Snowfall addresses themes of a.