Who Was Joseph Beuys, Anyway?

Van Gogh cut off his ear and, so, modern art began. Works of measurable constraint became tacky, Bob Ross kitsch and the infinitude of personality became the medium’s palette. Art became interesting in so much as it could express sensibility. Duchamp: a trollish dork. Picasso: tormented. Pollack: more so. The Brooklyn Museum exhibits Georgia O’Keeffe ne…