'Joseph Beuys and Jörg Immendorff: Art Belongs to the People!'
Wednesday 5 November, 11.30-12.30
Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Dr Georgina Paul (St Hilda's College) will be in conversation with Sir Norman Rosenthal, curator of the current exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of the post-1968 work of German artists Joseph Beuys and Jörg Immendorff 'Art Belongs to the People!'
Entrance is free, and all are welcome to attend.
The exhibition can be seen in Gallery 2, on the lower ground floor, until 4 January 2015.
Sir Norman Rosenthal, Curator of the exhibition, says: "Joseph Beuys and Jörg Immendorff were artists who worked at the vanguard of the aesthetic battles which were being fought in Germany in the wake of the Second World War. From the moment they met until the end of both their lives, and in spite of employing different working methods, Beuys and Immendorff were closely engaged with each other's work in what was effectively a permanent dialogue. 'Art Belongs To The People!'
demonstrates the involvement of both artists with contemporary politics and issues of universal human concern, and their belief in the role of art in changing how people think and how they live their lives."