Anselm Kiefer: A Short Introduction to his Life & Art

By Angus Clayworth

ANSELM KIEFER IS REGARDED as one of the most important German painters of his age. Grand themes of national identity and racial memory are depicted on an even grander scale with paintings spanning over 25 feet. These dense and complex layered paintings and sculptures have propelled Kiefer to the top of the contemporary art world elite. The artist's work is a complex examination of many themes, from alchemy and the kabbalah to his country's Nazi past and has been often controversial. His earliest works depicted the artist displaying the Nazi salute an act that was banned in post-war Germany and more recently in 2010 a protest was staged at an exhibition of his work at the Gagosian gallery in New York.Themes are often explored through such unconventional materials as lead, barbed wire, burnt books, clay as well as branches of thorns and straw attached to vast canvases of dense impasto paint and shellac.This book is designed as a lively, authoritative and accessible introduction to the life and work of Anselm Kiefer and includes a historical list of exhibitions and bibliography.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150294281X
• ISBN13: 9781502942814
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"