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Artist
Anselm Kiefer
b. 1945, Donaueschingen, Germany · German · Based in Barjac & Paris, France
- Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe (1969)
- Studied under Joseph Beuys, Düsseldorf
- Monumental Painting
- Sculpture
- Lead
- Ash
- Straw
Anselm Kiefer developed a monumental practice around German history, memory, mythology, poetry and the material aftermath of catastrophe. Beginning with the controversial Occupations photographs of 1969, he confronted the suppressed legacy of Nazism and later built enormous paintings and installations from straw, lead, ash, earth, concrete and books.
Painting; sculpture; installation; artist books
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Anselm Kiefer: “My paintings change”
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1969Occupations
- 1981Margarethe
- 1983Sulamith
- 1982Nuremberg
- 1996The Orders of the Night
- 1985–89The High Priestess / Zweistromland
- 1990Breaking of the Vessels
- 2006Palm Sunday
- 2004–15The Seven Heavenly Palaces
- 2022For Paul Celan
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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