I Like America and America Likes Me
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"I Like America and America Likes Me" is a 1974 performance art piece by Joseph Beuys in which he spent several days in a New York gallery interacting with a live coyote, exploring themes of American identity, nature, and cultural healing.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
happening
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performance art piece ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
heal symbolic wounds of American society
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reconcile human civilization with wild nature ⓘ |
| countryOfPerformance | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
mythic image of the coyote in American culture
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tension between European artist and American environment ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
contemporary art criticism
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photographs ⓘ video recordings ⓘ |
| duration | 3 days ⓘ |
| endTime | 1974-05-25 ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | coyote ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
felt
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gloves ⓘ metal enclosure ⓘ stack of The Wall Street Journal newspapers ⓘ walking stick ⓘ |
| genre |
action art
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conceptual art ⓘ performance art ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
expanded understanding of performance art
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influenced later animal-based performance works ⓘ |
| hasPart |
continuous cohabitation with a coyote
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reading and arranging newspapers ⓘ ritualistic gestures toward the coyote ⓘ wrapping in felt blankets ⓘ |
| inception | 1974 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Native American spiritual traditions (symbolically) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | nonverbal ⓘ |
| location |
New York City
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René Block Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American identity
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critique of American society ⓘ cultural healing ⓘ nature ⓘ relationship between humans and animals ⓘ |
| movement |
Fluxus
NERFINISHED
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postwar avant-garde ⓘ |
| notableFor |
symbolic engagement with the United States after Vietnam War era
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use of a live wild animal in a gallery setting ⓘ |
| partOf | Joseph Beuys’s social sculpture practice ⓘ |
| performer | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Beuys’s first major performance in the United States ⓘ |
| startTime | 1974-05-21 ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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