Anselm Kiefer Attic Paintings

This motif of the interior was a recurring subject throughout kiefer s work of the 1970s as in his series of attic paintings.

Anselm kiefer attic paintings.

The setting for this painting is kiefer s attic studio. He studied with peter dreher and horst antes end of the 1960s. He studied with joseph beuys and peter dreher during the 1970s. Germans want to forget the past and start a new thing all the time but only by going into the past can you go into the future he says.

Much like vincent van gogh s portraits of his bedroom these interiors reflect the psyche of the artist and the nation imbuing the spectator with a distinct emotional response. Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Anselm kiefer critically engages with myth and memory referencing totems of german culture and collective history.

Learn about the broad collection artist anselm kiefer. View anselm kiefer s 909 artworks on artnet. Much like vincent van gogh s portraits of his bedroom these interiors reflect the psyche of the artist and the nation imbuing the spectator with a distinct emotional response. See available paintings works on paper and photographs for sale and learn about the artist.

His works incorporate materials such as straw ash clay lead and shellac 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. Indeed in art as well as literature attics often represent metaphysical spaces. This is evident in the work of anselm kiefer whose attic scene quaternity is part of our permanent collection. Artwork page for parsifal i anselm kiefer 1973 the parsifal cycle comprises four large paintings of which three are owned by tate.

Anselm kiefer is a german artist who has explored his country s postwar identity history and mythology throughout his career. Born a few months before hitler s suicide kiefer belonged to a. His works incorporate materials such as straw ash clay lead and shellac. Born at the close of world war ii anselm kiefer reflects on and critiques the myths and chauvinism that propelled the german third reich to power.

The titles refer to richard wagner s last opera parsifaland its source in a 13thcentury romance by wolfram von eschenbach which was based on the legend of the holy grail. An ascent into this space can be translated as a descent into one s own psyche. Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor. List of works all artworks by date 1 10 39 all artworks by date 10 1 39 all artworks by name 39 styles conceptual art 8 environmental land art 1 expressionism 7 neo expressionism 5 new european painting 24 surrealism 2 genres abstract 5 figurative 25.