Gianluca Costantini's comic recounts Joseph Beuys' Düsseldorf home

Artist Gianluca Costantini has created a comic strip recounting the life and work of Joseph Beuys at his home and studio at Drakeplatz 4 in Düsseldorf's Oberkassel district. Beuys lived there from 1961 until his death in 1986. The house, over 200 square meters, served as both residence and workspace. In 2022, Costantini visited Düsseldorf and learned the city's cultural department had declined to purchase the property. The house was later acquired by the Brunhilde Moll Foundation and opened to the public. Costantini's comic draws on photographs by Eva Beuys, the artist's wife, and on interviews published in the Rheinische Post and Aachener Nachrichten by Friedolin Reske and Dieter Hülsmanns. The book "Beuys: Düsseldorf-Oberkassel. Drakeplatz 4" (Schirmer-Mosel) features these materials. The foundation plans to host artist residencies, meetings, debates, and performances at the house. Original details like a small pond and pink bathroom have been preserved.