Beuys, Kantor, Demarco in MOCAK

The exhibition is devoted to the three artists Joseph Beuys, Tadeusz Kantor andRichard Demarco. Beuys first arrived in Edinburgh in 1970 and Kantor – two years later. The two met in 1973 in Edinburgh Art Festival. Despite all the differences, the art of these artists, both affected by the trauma of World War II shares certain tendencies. It is these similarities that we set out to identify in our exhibition; of these, the most significant are each artist’s drive to accomplish an artistic synthesis and his exploration of memory, both individual and communal. At the Beta Gallery, we will present photographs, films and other archival materials that document the artistic activities of Joseph Beuys and Tadeusz Kantor in the Scottish capital. In MOCAK Library, we will show drawings and watercolours by Richard Demarco, so that the audience may have an opportunity to get to know better the artistic demiurge of these events.