LETTING ART TEACH. ART EDUCATION 'AFTER' JOSEPH BEUYS

By Gert Biesta
Published by: ArtEZ Press | January 6, 2017
Hardcover | 128 pages | 22.6 x 16.2 cm
Language: English
ISBN: 978-9491444371
Condition: Brand New

In Letting Art Teach, educational theorist Gert Biesta proposes a radical and poetic rethinking of art education in the 21st century. Rather than framing art as a vehicle for self-expression or technical mastery, Biesta positions teaching itself as an artistic act—one rooted in showing, revealing, and inviting students into a dialogue with the world.

Taking Joseph Beuys’s performance How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965) as a starting point, Biesta explores what it means to teach in a way that is open, responsive, and anchored in the unknown. A compact yet deeply philosophical work, this book is essential reading for artists, educators, curators, and cultural theorists engaged in rethinking the value and purpose of art today.