117. ANSELM
KIEFER
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Untitled
(Berenice), 2003
Painted photograph with hair
(127 x 96.5 cm)
Painted photograph with hair
(127 x 96.5 cm)
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Photograph,
acrylic, shellac, ash, cotton dress, burned books, and plaster coated thorn
bushes in glass and steel frame
(282 x 307 x 35 cm) |
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Paul
Celan: wir schöpften die Finsternis leer, wir fanden das wort, das den Sommer
heraufkam: Blume; (We scooped the darkness empty, we found the word that
ascended summer: flower), 2012
Oil, emulsion, acrylic, on photograph on canvas (280 x 380 cm ) |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1945 in Donaueschingen, Germany.
Nowadays:
He lives and works in France.
Studies:
He entered University of Freiburg, and studied pre-Law
and Romance languages. However, after 3 semester he switched to Art, studying
at Art academies in Freiburg, Karlsruhe, and Düsseldorf.
In Karlsruhe, he studied under Peter Dreher, an
important realist and figurative painter. He received an Art degree in 1969.
Themes and
style:
Kiefer
reflects upon and critiques the myths and chauvinism which eventually propelled
the German Third Reich to power. His paintings depict his generation's
ambivalence toward the grandiose impulse of German nationalism and its impact
on history, balancing the dual purposes of visually powerful imagery and
intellectually critical analysis.
Techniques:
His work
is developed in paintings and sculpture.
Exhibitions
His work has been shown and collected by major museums
throughout the world. Recent retrospective surveys include “Anselm Kiefer:
Heaven and Earth,” the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (2005, traveled to
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and “Anselm
Kiefer,” Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2007). In 2007, Kiefer inaugurated the
“Monumenta” program at the Grand Palais, Paris with a vast site-specific
installation of sculptures and paintings. In 2009, he directed and designed the
sets for Am Anfang (In the Beginning) at the Opéra National de Paris.
See more here:
Representative
Galleries:
Gagosian
White Cube
Saatchi
In
his own words:
"Art
is difficult," says firmly. "It's not entertainment. There are only a
few people who can say something about art – it's very restricted. When I see a
new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art
or not. Buying art is not understanding art."
For
more Information:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/dec/08/anselm-kiefer-art-white-cube