Anselm Kiefer: History, Memory, and Myth

Anselm Kiefer

1945– | German | Oils; Acrylics; Mixed Media; Sculpture; Photography

A brilliant, charismatic, talented, dictatorial fanatic, Kiefer conceives on an apocalyptic scale. His energy for creating vast artistic schemes is manic. Very much in fashion and enthralls many who regard any criticism of him as impertinent, and ordinary praise as insufficient. He claims to be concerned with all the major issues of our day, especially Germany’s place in history.

Missouri, Mississippi, by Anselm Kiefer. Courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum

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KEY WORKS: Parsifal I, 1973 (London: Tate Collection); Margarethe, 1981 (New York: Marion Goodman Gallery); Osiris and Isis, 1985–87 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); Interior, 1981 (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum)