Anselm KieferThe language of material
PRESENTATION By Efi Michalarou*) EXODUS at Gagosian at Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles The language of material plays an essential role in the work of Anselm Kiefer, most of whose pictures have a geological sedimentary texture. For the past forty years, his work has been developing in a process of accumulation, mingling and reworking of themes, motifs and constellations which recur and overlap repeatedly in diverse media. Highly symbolic connections emerge from lead, concrete, dried plants, glass, barbed wire and other heterogeneous materials. NB Klik rechtsboven op afbeeldingen om te vergroten. Anselm Kiefer, EXODUS , 2022. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis, metal, rope, and paper on canvas, 259 13/16 x 299 3/16 inches. © Anselm Kiefer. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. 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 powe...