Name/Title
Anselm Kiefer : heaven and earthEntry/Object ID
N9500.K53.A8Description
A retrospective volume of Anselm Kiefer's work, this book addresses the artist's entire career through the lens of one compelling theme. From his earliest sculptures to his recent highly textured paintings, Anselm Kiefer has woven themes of heaven and earth into his work, exploring the polarities of these ideas while struggling to define the transcendent quality that places art squarely in between. Destruction and rebirth, glory and shame, sin and redemption all figure largely in Kiefer's often controversial depictions of Germany's physical and cultural landscape. This book of more than fifty reproductions includes Kiefer's first work, The Heavens, as well as numerous other rare early works and recent works being presented for the first time. It features an interview with the artist, which is accompanied by rich black-and-white photographs of his ongoing monumental installations on his property in Barjac, France.Context
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sept 25, 2005-Jan. 8, 2006 and three other locations.Lexicon
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artist monographs, cosmology in art, exhibitions, paintings, sculptureLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Anselm Kiefer, Michael Auping, Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthPublisher
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, PrestelPlace Published
City
Fort WorthState/Province
TexasCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
2005Call No.
N9500.K53.A8ISBN
929865243, 9780929865249LCCN
2005013717Notes
Length: 186General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword / Marla Price --
Preface and acknowledgments / Michael Auping --
Introduction / Michael Auping --
Plates with notes on the works --
Heaven is an idea : an interview with Anselm Kiefer.
