7000 Oaks

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7000 Oaks is a landmark environmental and conceptual art project by Joseph Beuys that involved planting thousands of trees paired with basalt stones throughout the city of Kassel, Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental artwork
land art
public art project
artisticMedium living trees and stone markers
associatedWith Green movement in art
documenta 7 in Kassel NERFINISHED
commissionedFor documenta 7 NERFINISHED
completionDate 1987
conservationStatus ongoing maintenance in Kassel
country Germany NERFINISHED
creator Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED
describedAs landmark conceptual art project
landmark environmental art project
endTime 1987
exhibitedAt documenta NERFINISHED
genre social sculpture
hasCulturalSignificance iconic work of social sculpture
symbol of ecological art in Germany
hasInfluenceOn contemporary environmental art
urban greening projects
hasPart tree-stone pairs
hasType long-term urban intervention
inception 1982
languageOfName English
locatedInPublicSpace true
location Kassel NERFINISHED
mainSubject environmentalism
public space
reforestation
urban ecology
materialUsed basalt stones
oak trees
movement Fluxus NERFINISHED
notableWorkOf Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED
numberOfTrees 7000
originalLanguageOfTitle German
originalTitle 7000 Eichen NERFINISHED
purpose to engage citizens in environmental action
to raise ecological awareness
to transform the urban environment
significantEvent first tree planted in front of the Fridericianum in Kassel
startTime 1982
usesMotif tree and stone pairing

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Joseph Beuys notableWork 7000 Oaks
Dia Art Foundation operates 7000 Oaks