[Illness as a release. Suffering and healing as the origin of therapeutics in the work of Joseph Beuys].

The human being is the central topic in the work of Joseph Beuys. The art of Beuys is focused on the human being and his life, because the human being is regarded as ill in a bodily as well as social context. Mennekes describes Beuys's thinking of suffering, self-healing, the interaction between the sufferer and the healing person, and the healing process itself exemplarily on the basis of his work Schneefall, Schmerzraum and Plight.