Joseph Beuys is one of the most legendary figures of twentieth century art and his work and ideas continue to impact on artists today. An enigmatic, self-styled 'shaman', strikingly memorable in his trademark hat and jerkin, he has attained almost mythical status. This reader brings together the crucial texts on Beuys to look at the most contentious reception ever accorded a postwar artist. Here in one volume are key essays by prominent artists and...

This study historicizes Tillie Olsen's fiction in the context of the Depression-era proletarian literary movement in the United States and its philosophy of dialectical materialism. It argues that dialectical materialism informs both the form and content of her fiction.