LONDON, ENGLAND.- Tate Modern presents "Joseph Beuys: Bits and Pieces" as part of its collection displays. Three rooms are devoted to Bits and Pieces, a collection of works given by Joseph Beuys to the writer and art historian Caroline Tisdall. The collection is a unique cross section of Beuys’s obsessions and reflects his revolutionary approach to materials. It includes objects and drawings, dried flowers, the artist’s felt hat, and even toenail clippings. From the 1970s until his death in 1986, Beuys would regularly send Tisdall works that related to areas of mutual interest such as botany, language, environmental politics and the political situation in Ireland. Together, they stand as a visual lexicon of his life and ideas. Beuys’s concept of art was far-reaching. His sculptures range in scale from the monumental pieces on display in the neighbouring gallery to the miniature works shown in these vitrines. Many are made from unlikely materials such as fat and felt, substances he associated with energy and nurture.