Synopses & Reviews
Born in Germany in 1945, Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important artists of his generation. His worksandmdash;encompassing and transcending painting, sculpture, photography, and installationandmdash;are epic in both scale and subject matter; in them, Kiefer wrestles with the darkness of German history, unearthing the taboos that underlie the collective past and interweaving them with Teutonic mytholandshy;ogy, cosmology, and meditations on the nature of belief. This superbly designed volume, accompanying a major retrospective and including new works especially made for the exhibition, explores the themes that run through Kieferandrsquo;s oeuvre, from the complex relationship between art and spirituality to the influence of German woodcuts and folklore.
About the Author
Danièle Cohn is a professor of visual arts and philosophy of art at the Sorbonne in Paris. She curated an exhibition on German thought and painting at the Louvre. She was a Getty Research Institute scholar and visiting professor at Freie Universität Berlin.