7000 Oaks

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7000 Oaks is a landmark environmental and conceptual art project by Joseph Beuys that involved planting thousands of trees paired with basalt stones throughout the city of Kassel, Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental artwork ⓘ
land art ⓘ
public art project ⓘ
artisticMedium living trees and stone markers ⓘ
associatedWith Green movement in art ⓘ
documenta 7 in Kassel ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)
commissionedFor documenta 7 ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)
completionDate 1987 ⓘ
conservationStatus ongoing maintenance in Kassel ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
creator Joseph Beuys ⓘ
describedAs landmark conceptual art project ⓘ
landmark environmental art project ⓘ
endTime 1987 ⓘ
exhibitedAt documenta ⓘ
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)
genre social sculpture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance iconic work of social sculpture ⓘ
symbol of ecological art in Germany ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary environmental art ⓘ
urban greening projects ⓘ
hasPart tree-stone pairs ⓘ
hasType long-term urban intervention ⓘ
inception 1982 ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedInPublicSpace true ⓘ
location Kassel ⓘ
mainSubject environmentalism ⓘ
public space ⓘ
reforestation ⓘ
urban ecology ⓘ
materialUsed basalt stones ⓘ
oak trees ⓘ
movement Fluxus ⓘ
notableWorkOf Joseph Beuys ⓘ
numberOfTrees 7000 ⓘ
originalLanguageOfTitle German ⓘ
originalTitle 7000 Eichen ⓘ
purpose to engage citizens in environmental action ⓘ
to raise ecological awareness ⓘ
to transform the urban environment ⓘ
significantEvent first tree planted in front of the Fridericianum in Kassel ⓘ
startTime 1982 ⓘ
usesMotif tree and stone pairing ⓘ

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Dia Art Foundation → operates → 7000 Oaks ⓘ
Joseph Beuys → notableWork → 7000 Oaks ⓘ