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An Artist, a Coyote, and a Cage: Joseph Beuys in New York 1974<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographs by Stephen Aiken and a forward by the editor Brett Sokol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter16 Press is thrilled to announce the upcoming May release of its newest hardcover book, a collection of photos by Stephen Aiken: An Artist, a Coyote, and a Cage: Joseph Beuys in New York 1974<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Joseph Beuys<\/strong>\u2019 infamous piece of performance art staged in New York City: “I Like America and America Likes Me<\/strong>.” The premise\u2014a man and a wild coyote locked together inside a room\u2014helped build a cult following for Beuys that has made him alternately revered and reviled throughout the contemporary art world. Stephen Aiken\u2019s photographs<\/strong> of this May 1974 “action” by Beuys\u2014recently unearthed and previously unpublished\u2014offer a fresh look at this seminal art happening. These striking images are supplemented with a set of previously unseen color photos taken by Aiken of Beuys at Greenwich Village\u2019s New School in January 1974: verbally sparring onstage with fellow artist Hannah Wilke<\/strong> and jousting with a raucous audience that threatened to turn his lecture into a brawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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84 page hardcover, 10.25″ H x 11.25″ W, Shipping May 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Click here<\/a> for more info, more photos, and to purchase a book with a 20% pre-sale discount.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Is Beuys simply ‘a man in a room with a coyote’ or is that just the foot-wide and mile-deep entry point for an exploration of everything from Native American genocide to the modern-day destruction of the natural environment\u2014an exploration which could have ended, at any moment, with a bloody mauling by a coyote? Regardless, whether Beuys is pulling his felt blanket taut around him or jauntily waving to Aiken\u2019s camera lens, it\u2019s impossible to look away.”<\/p>Brett Sokol, from the foreword to<\/em> An Artist, a Coyote, and a Cage<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Reviews are In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forbes <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Matthey Carey Salyer explored the book in his review of June 29th, 2024<\/a> describes Joseph Beuys performance that was called I like America and America Likes Me<\/em> (also known as Coyote<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through July, Provincetown\u2019s Schoolhouse Gallery will be exhibiting a sequence of photographs<\/a> taken by conceptual artist, Stephen Aiken, during Beuys\u2019s three-day performance. Aiken\u2019s sequence \u2018agitates,\u2019 straddling lines between the production and observation of artistic \u2018action.\u2019 In documenting Beuys\u2019s famous performance, Aiken reframes the scope of I Like America<\/em>\u2019s questions.<\/p>\nMatthew Carey Salyer – Forbes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Arts Fuse – Boston’s Premier Online Arts Magazine<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charles Giuliano writes “Few if any are aware that,  50 years ago, for three days in Manhattan, the German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) created one of the art world\u2019s legendary \u201cactions\u201d (performance art pieces<\/a>).” in his 27 May 2024 review. Giuliano relates the book to the story of action and says this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Then \u2014 and now \u2014 the art world doesn\u2019t know what to make of his work, particularly in this highly theatrical vein. We should be grateful for An Artist, A Coyote, and a Cage<\/em>, which documents an important moment of aesthetic\/political dissent. How fortunate we are that Aiken went home and got his camera.<\/p>\nCharles Giuliano – The Arts Fuse<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Read the full review here at The Arts Fuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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