Joseph Beuys and the Artistic Education

Carl-Peter Buschkühle, Ph.D. (1996), University of Wuppertal, is professor for art education at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen (Germany). His research focus is on theory and practice of an artistic art education and on philosophy of art. His intermedia-artworks are shown in international exhibitions.

• PrefaceList of Figures1 Joseph Beuys and the Artistic Education1 Freedom and the Challenge to Be an Artist of Living2 The Polar Play of Artistic Thinking3 The Decentralized Subject of Postmodernity4 Identity and the Coherent Self2 Beuysf Extended Concept of Art1 Art as Evolution of Mind2 Emancipation of the Mythical Age . Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Christ3 Progress of Science – Kant, Newton, Helmholtz, Marx4 Calvary Cross – Materialism5 Christ and Man at Play6 Humans as Artists and the Social Sculpture7 Exercising Artistic Communication8 Future Perspectives: Artistic or Artifijicial Thinking3 Beuyse Artworks as Lessons1 The eWarmth Qualityf of Artistic Thought2 eThe Chieff . Revolution of Communication through Art3 Creating New Flows of Energy4 Political Statement and Shamanistic Revolution5 The eChieff as Artistic Education4 Artistic Learning through Artistic Projects1 The River Metaphor2 Pedagogy in Artistic Projects3 Structural elements of the Artistic Project4 Experiment5 Contextuality6 Polarities as Tensions and Tools of the Artistic Learning Process5 Artistic Projects as Practice of Artistic Education1 Research Aspects2 "Head with a Story"h3 Aspects of Artistic Education6 Variations of Artistic Projects1 "Freedom and Dignity"2 "The Leaf Principle – Bionic"3 Diffferent Topics – Diffferent Ways of Artistic Learning7 Studying Artistic Education1 Becoming a Generalist2 Art Educators Have to Be Artists3 Providing Time and Space for Artistic Studies4 Should I Study One Medium or More?5 Giving Grades for Artistic Studies?6 Visual Studies – Pictorial Sciences7 The Contemporary Relevance of Art History8 The Role of Philosophy9 Relevant Philosophical Disciplines10 Pedagogy – The Art of Artistic Education11 Educational Studies12 Art Pedagogy as Art13 Interdisciplinary Studies in Artistic Projects14 Experiencing and Reflecting Polarities15 Critical Reflection and Imagination in Pedagogy16 Existential Creativity – Artistic Education as a Mental Attitude8 Art Class as a Construction SiteMario Urlass1 How Can We Bring Students into Educational Situations Which Foreground the Self and the World?9 On the Educational Potential of Art: A Requiem for SchonauChristian Wagner1 Introduction2 Pupils, Art, and Economic Utility3 Pupils as Performers: Dying and Death from Diffferent Perspectives4 Artistic Thinking as a Teaching Process5 Schonauer Requiem: A Requiem for Schonau6 Concluding RemarksReferences