Indian shawl or Joseph Beuys wool?
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Joseph Beuys
Matt Maldre is Joseph Beuys
An image search for my name, Matt Maldre, brings up four photos of me–and a photo of the great artist Joseph Beuys. Google is implying that I am the late Joseph Beuys. While I would love to have this honor, I certainly cannot accept it, for Beuys was a trailblazer in social art and activism. …
My favorite Joseph Beuys quotes
“Every human being is an artist.” * Beuys’ quote on his art statement: ‘everybody is an artist‚’: I am searching for field character, 1973; as quoted in “Energy Plan for the Western man / Joseph Beuys in America”, by Carin Kuoni, Four Walls Eight Windows in New York, 1993, p. 22 “I think the tree …
Famous artist costumes and fashion
If people dressed up as famous artists when visiting museums, who would you go as? I posted this question on the Spudart Facebook Page and got some fun replies. Dali, Warhol: “Someone distinctive looking like Dali or Warhol,” Tom Saaristo. Salvador Dali: “dali,” designslinger.com Frida Kahlo: “Frida I dressed up as her for Halloween once …
Matt Maldre: Artist Bio: Draft
I recently submitted some work to the Highland Park Art Walk, and they require an artist bio, so here’s a rough draft. Any comments or suggestions are very welcome. Matt Maldre, a native Chicago artist, earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors at Illinois Wesleyan University where he created conceptually-based artworks in unconventional …
Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol
A playful balance between Beuys the warm with Warhol the cold. The chalkboard, a tool used by Beuys with cold and inhuman computer printouts, something Warhol would have liked. The wax prints are warmed up (a la Beuys). The poem in the center speaks to inside out, hot and cold. 2′ x 3′ chalkboard, chalk, …