From the moles affected part of the installation Beuys "Das Rudel" ("Flock"), which occupies an entire room at the New gallery in the city of Kassel.

the Installation of Joseph Beuys ' "Das Rudel" ("Flock") of 1969 consists of rows of wooden sleighs reminiscent of a team of sled dogs, and wagon Volkswagen 1961 release. For each of the 24 pairs of sled is "survival kit" — rolled-up felt blanket, a piece of melted animal fat and a flashlight. Under the ceiling hung another blanket and a felt suit. The latter has become the victim of the attack of the moth.

This work Beuys refers directly to his own biography, to what he experienced during the war. When his plane was shot down where-то in the Crimean steppes, Boyce miraculously survived the fall. A day later it was picked up in the snow of the local Tatars. They rubbed his body with animal fat and wrapped in felt to save from hypothermia. This is a great salvation Sam Boyce called the starting point of his work. He often used felt and animal fat in the installations, as symbols of survival. In extreme conditions, according to the artist, from the truck "Volkswagen" will be of little use, and survival you will provide a more simple means. The "flock" of the sled symbolizes this rescue squad.

According to the staff of the New galleries, moth-eaten suit, fortunately, no contact with other parts of the installation. It was temporarily withdrawn from the exhibition. After appropriate processing of the holes from moths will not be visible, promised to the Museum.

Mole often put in museums, where there are works made of natural materials. In Kassel the New gallery with insects fighting, including using special pheromone traps.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru