The Pack
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The Pack is a 1969 installation artwork by German artist Joseph Beuys featuring a Volkswagen bus and sleds, emblematic of his themes of survival, trauma, and postwar German identity.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | installation artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | mixed-media installation ⓘ |
| artworkStyle | minimalist arrangement with symbolic materials ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName | Joseph Beuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | German ⓘ |
| depicts |
collective flight
ⓘ
emergency escape ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
art historical literature
ⓘ
museum catalogues ⓘ |
| exhibitionPractice | displayed in large gallery spaces ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
ⓘ
installation art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volkswagen Type 2 bus
NERFINISHED
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row of sleds exiting the bus ⓘ sled ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Das Rudel
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ⓘ
The Pack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1969 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Beuys’s wartime experiences ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Düsseldorf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
postwar German identity
ⓘ
survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| movement |
Fluxus
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ⓘ
postwar German avant-garde ⓘ |
| notableFor |
embodiment of Beuys’s theory of social sculpture
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use of everyday objects as symbolic carriers of meaning ⓘ |
| partOf | Joseph Beuys’s sculptural oeuvre ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | postwar German cultural reconstruction ⓘ |
| significantTheme |
collective responsibility
ⓘ
healing and rescue ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ memory of war ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
Volkswagen bus
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emergency supplies ⓘ fat ⓘ felt ⓘ sleds ⓘ |
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