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Image Not Available for Irish Energies, 1974.
Irish Energies, 1974.
Image Not Available for Irish Energies, 1974.

Irish Energies, 1974.

Photographer
Artist (1921 - 1986)
Date2021
MediumArchival monoprint
Dimensions47 × 71 cm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Photograph © Caroline Tisdall.
Object number2121
DescriptionThe idea of energy – creative, physical, spiritual – is present in much of Beuys’s work and informed his unorthodox use of materials. In Ireland, he sandwiched peat briquettes and coal with butter in works known as Irish Energies. Those pictured were shown at the Bank of Ireland during Rosc ’77. Beuys had a particular attraction to fossil fuels, which are created over vast time scales. His interest in our connection to the environment led him to co-found the German Green Party.
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Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys with Cecil King and Oliver Dowling at Newgrange, 1974.
Joseph Beuys with Cecil King and Oliver Dowling at Newgrange, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974
Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at Sandycove, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at Sandycove, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for “The Brain of Europe,” 1974.
“The Brain of Europe,” 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for The Blackboards, Dublin, 1974.
The Blackboards, Dublin, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for The Blackboards, Dublin, 1974.
The Blackboards, Dublin, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021
Image Not Available for Joseph Beuys at the Magee Institute of Continuing Education, Derry, 1974.
Joseph Beuys at the Magee Institute of Continuing Education, Derry, 1974.
Caroline Tisdall
2021