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Joseph Beuys created this Lightning with Stag in its Glare between 1958 and 1985, combining sculptures made over nearly three decades. A suspended bronze triangular form (lightning) illuminates primordial creatures below: a stag, goat, and boar made from found materials.

Beuys used unconventional materials (felt, fat, bronze) charged with personal mythology. He claimed to have survived a plane crash in World War II saved by Tatars who wrapped him in felt. The installation evokes primeval nature struck by creative energy. It fills a room at Tate Modern.

The bronze triangular form suspended from the ceiling represents lightning, a symbol of sudden illumination and creative force striking the primitive creatures below.

Beuys loaded materials like felt, fat, and copper with personal meaning. Felt and fat referenced his (possibly mythological) rescue by Tatars who wrapped him in these materials after a crash.

Joseph Beuys he claimed to have survived a plane crash in World War II saved by Tatars who wrapped him in felt. The installation evokes primeval nature struck by creative energy.

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