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Social sculpture is a phrase used to describe an expanded concept of art that was invented by the artist and founding member of the German Green Party, Joseph Beuys.Beuys created the term "social sculpture" to embody his understanding of art's potential to transform society.
The Social Sculpture Lab continues to engage with, develop and share Beuys' social sculpture understandings through such initiatives as the 7000 HUMANS Global Social Forest,. which has close connections with Beuys' 7000 Oaks, Sacks' social sculpture-connective practice methodologies, and a growing network of Social Sculpture Hubs in Germany ...
As a social sculpture, The Letters of Utrecht refer to the 7000 Oaks of Joseph Beuys in Kassel, Germany. Beuys named his work City Forestation Instead of City Administration and conceptualized man's dependency on nature, referring to it as a 'Wärmezeitmaschine' ('heat-time-machine'). [16]
Beuys' 7000 Oaks work is an example of the thread that links the Situationist International's approach to art and its re-creation by new groups continues to evolve through a new generation of socially conscious organizations that merge art, education, and environmental issues in their work.
In 2015 Bidlo reinvented the "sculpture viventi," "NOT Manzoni, Carta d'authenticitá (1964)" in which Bidlo signed people as 'living sculptures' and gave them a numbered and signed certificate. [8] In 2002 The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo mounted an exhibition titled "MIKE BIDLO. NOT Picasso, NOT Pollock, NOT Warhol" which ...
Project Row Houses' mission is " to be the catalyst for transforming community through the celebration of art and African-American history and culture." [7] Employing the terminology of the German artist Joseph Beuys, Lowe describes the project as "social sculpture."
Christopher Robbins is an American artist that focuses his art practice in the realm of public art and social sculpture. Robbins works internationally, using physical and conversational processes to create interactions between strangers in order to build community and problem-solve.
A view of Statue of Social Justice at afternoon. The Statue of Social Justice is the tallest Ambedkar's statue in the world. [2] [3] The Statue of Social Justice is 206 feet tall and is built on an 81-foot plinth, giving a total height of 206 feet. [11] [18] It is the fourth tallest, and the second tallest standing statue in India. [19]