Anselm kiefer, land art, statues, book sculpture, medium art, oeuvre d. Besides paintings, kiefer created sculptures, watercolors. Large public anselm kiefer sculpture to be unveiled this week in. If books symbolize knowledge, what do wings symbolize. Kiefer and his second wife, renate graf, decorated a candlelit.
Besides paintings, kiefer created sculptures, watercolors, photographs. A vision takes flight with the debut of anselm kiefers uraeus at. Books often with wings have been a repeated motif since the late 1960s. Since 1969 anselm kiefer has consistently returned to the book as subject matter. Heaven and earth is a major retrospective that opened in fort worth, texas. As a primary source of knowledge and a repository of world religions, books are a powerful and paradoxical symbol for the artist.
He studied with peter dreher and horst antes end of the 1960s. Kiefer was born during the second world war and grew up in southwest germany. Kiefers paintings, sculptures, books and works on paper have been. A strong dialogue between american and german art was established after the second world war. Book with wings by anselm kiefer, museum of modern art fort. Anselm kiefer, uraeus, 201718 detail, lead and stainless steel.
Book with wings consists of a massive lead book supported on a steel lectern. Richard artschwager, whereas the second is a book, a. Anselm kiefers visual and verbal artifacts daniel a. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. Anselm kiefer once said that, the book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, or transmitting knowledge. Anselm kiefer book with wings contemporary art, book. Curator of twentieth century painting and sculpture at the art institute of. The gigantic sculpture at rockefeller center is loaded with historical. The second floor, the library, will house an additional selection of. Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor. Kiefer has cast in lead a colossal open book, carried aloft by eagles wings spanning 30 feet. The poems of paul celan have played a role in developing kiefer s themes of german history and the horror of the holocaust, as have the spiritual concepts of kabbalah. Why do you think he gave the book in this sculpture wings. Anselm kiefers mythological marvel lands in new york financial.
Dec 17, 2012 book with wings by anselm kiefer, museum of modern art fort worth. Buch mit flugeln book with wings anselm kiefer born 8 march is a german painter and also dedicated to contemporary sculptures. Anselm kiefer was born in donaueschingen, a small town in germanys black forest on 8th march 1945, shortly before the end of the second world war. Learn about the work and career of artist anselm kiefer. Many of these book sculptures are made of lead, which kiefer first used. Eventually kiefer s books became freestanding sculptures, massive symbols of the artists investigation of world knowledge through images. A major exhibition of paintings and sculpture by anselm kiefer, a man. Fusing art and literature, painting and sculpture, kiefer engages the complex events of history and the.
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