Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) is a German artist who works in the fields of performance, sculpture, and graphic arts. He served in the German Luftwaffe during World War II and where Hitler went onto found the Third Reich after not making it as an artist, Joseph Beuys went on to become a successful artist.
One of many notable achievements is a performance piece titled "How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare" where Beuys is covered in gold and honey and then spends the time cradling a dead hare in his arms talking into its ear.
He came up with this idea of "social sculpture" which espouses the idea that art can change a society and that everyone is an artist.
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