Anselm Kiefer: Heaven And Earth
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
Anselm Kiefer: Heaven And Earth Details
From Booklist Kiefer is an international art star and a German master of scorched and scummy stuff who deploys a prodigious vision on an enormous scale. Curator Auping presents a superb introduction to Kiefer's work since the 1960s in a book accompanying a widely traveling exhibit that is organized around the artist's philosophical underpinnings. Born in 1945, Kiefer makes art in the wake of World War II that represents a constant struggle between the burdens of history and the quest for spiritual redemption. The viewer must decide whether it's bombast or humble desire that leads him to explore and embrace the universe in paintings and sculpture that attempt to corral science and serpents, angels and sperm, kabbalah and cosmology. Kiefer's world is famously gray, typified by his extensive use of lead as a symbol of ambiguity, alchemy, and human potential. Another recurring theme is the book as icon, vessel, and transformative object. Auping's reverent essay and his Q&A with Kiefer steer clear of personality and stick close to the work. Steve PaulCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Read more
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Reviews
This is an indispensable book in my library. It was the first of my four books on the artist and established him as an artist I follow as much for moral and spiritual knowledge as artistic. Anselm Kiefer strikes me as a Van Gogh-kind of artist who lives his art to the nth degree; he takes on art themes like missions, and we witness artistic excellence and something more than that. His work cleanses us of the detritus of war and prejudice and pettiness. Then works are often dark in color and tone, but there is an inner radiance which shines forth and illumines us. We are granted a saving grace. // This volume was published in the early 21st century. It takes one theme - the interplay of Heaven and Earth - and traces it horizontallythroughout his career up to 2000. The thoroughness of this approach is extremely rewarding. We are fully engaged with one of his central themes and prepared to follow what he does with it on the new century. Our artists accompany us on the journey of life, it we can walk in tandem with them or at least follow in their footprints, our lives are enriched and the artists are rewarded.
