Social Sculpture

Social sculpture was a term coined by Joseph Beuys to talk about the social and political function of art. Beuys understood social sculpture as any work that attempts to structure social relations or change their structure through language, actions and performances, or physical objects. This idea of the function of art work was embedded in an understanding of society itself as a single, total and ongoing work of art.

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