- Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor
Born: | 08 March 1945 Comment | How old is Anselm Kiefer in 2024? / Age: | 79 years
| Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
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Anselm Kiefer facts
- He studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s
- 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
- In his entire body of work, Kiefer argues with the past and addresses taboo and controversial issues from recent history
- Themes from Nazi rule are particularly reflected in his work; for instance, the painting "Margarethe" (oil and straw on canvas) was inspired by Paul Celan's well-known poem "Todesfuge" ("Death Fugue")
- His works are characterised by an unflinching willingness to confront his culture's dark past, and unrealised potential, in works that are often done on a large, confrontational scale well suited to the subjects
- It is also characteristic of his work to find signatures and/or names of people of historical importance, legendary figures or historical places
- All of these are encoded sigils through which Kiefer seeks to process the past; this has resulted in his work being linked with the movements New Symbolism and Neo–Expressionism
- Kiefer has lived and worked in France since 1992
- Since 2008, he has lived and worked primarily in Paris and in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal
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