Johannes Stuettgen - Unoriginal Sins

01 Mar BEI DIESER WAHL: DIE GRUNEN. 1982.

Posted at 13:36h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Gelsenkirchen, Free International University - FIU, 1982 14.8 x 10.4cm, 2pp - artist's postcard designed by Johannes Stuettgen for the Green Party in Germany. The Greens took part in elections in the Federal Republic of Germany on March 6, 1983 and for the first time the Greens managed to elect their own supporters to parliament. Beuys was one of the founders of the German Green Party and used his popularity to garner support for the group as here. The signature on the card is printed. VG+. ...

21 Mar ELVIS/BEUYS. 1982.

Posted at 13:22h in Joseph Beuys Postcards

Gelsenkirchen: Free International University - FIU, n.d. (1982) 10.5 x 14.8cm., black and white photomontage by Johannes Stuettgen consisting of two photographic portraits of Elvis Presley and Joseph Beuys and a text after Beuys: “Wo wären wir hingekommen, wenn wir intelligent gewesen wären!” (Where would we have gone if we had been smart?). Beuys' original quote is actually “Wo wäre ich hingekommen, wenn ich intelligent gewesen wäre!” (Where would I have gotten if I had been smart!) from the work/action Arena (1970-1972). VG+. ...