Learn about the work and career of artist anselm kiefer. Fusing art and literature, painting and sculpture, kiefer engages the complex events of history and the. Anselm kiefer book with wings collection of the modern art museum of fort worth anselm kiefer old and new. Since 1969 anselm kiefer has consistently returned to the book as subject matter. A major exhibition of paintings and sculpture by anselm kiefer, a man. Kiefer has cast in lead a colossal open book, carried aloft by eagles wings spanning 30 feet. A vision takes flight with the debut of anselm kiefers uraeus at. Titled uraeus, the work consists of a gigantic open book with eagles wings 30 feet in. Richard artschwager, whereas the second is a book, a. Why do you think he gave the book in this sculpture wings.
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. Anselm kiefers mythological marvel lands in new york financial. Besides paintings, kiefer created sculptures, watercolors. Books often with wings have been a repeated motif since the late 1960s. Closely associated with this work is book with wings 199294, one of numerous sculptures of freestanding winged books see front cover. Dec 17, 2012 book with wings by anselm kiefer, museum of modern art fort worth. Connoting the myth of icarus, these magnificent yet oddly incongruous, even awkward wings give a tangible form to the.
The second floor, the library, will house an additional selection of. 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. Anselm kiefer sculpture will go up at rockefeller center. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. Large public anselm kiefer sculpture to be unveiled this week in. Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor. As a primary source of knowledge and a repository of world religions, books are a powerful and paradoxical symbol for the artist. Curator of twentieth century painting and sculpture at the art institute of.
Heaven and earth is a major retrospective that opened in fort worth, texas. Anselm kiefer, land art, statues, book sculpture, medium art, oeuvre d. Anselm kiefers visual and verbal artifacts daniel a. Kiefers work at the tel aviv museum of art sivan farag. Eventually kiefer s books became freestanding sculptures, massive symbols of the artists investigation of world knowledge through images. Book with wings consists of a massive lead book supported on a steel lectern.
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. If books symbolize knowledge, what do wings symbolize. 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. Buch mit flugeln book with wings anselm kiefer born 8 march is a german painter and also dedicated to contemporary sculptures.
1267 1518 476 733 563 396 725 378 1403 204 248 793 85 1419 1038 294 344 1549 1069 1015 1470 1334 1198 946 1470 708 40 318 152 847 220 973 967 361 40 828 1165 1060