An exhibition that will examine the correspondences between the art of Joseph Beuys and the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. The exhibition will utilise the blackboard drawing, a vehicle that both men used in explaining their ideas to the public, to investigate the profound impact Steiner’s writings had on Beuys. Rudolf Steiner made blackboard drawings in the 1920s to illustrate his public lectures, and Beuys adopted the format of the blackboard as an important element in his performances and interactions with audiences from the 1960s. The exhibition will feature some 40 blackboard drawings by Steiner drawn from the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung in Dornach, Switzerland, and 100 blackboards by Beuys from his seminal work Richtkräfte 1974-77.
