Anselm Kiefer: Heaven And Earth

Anselm Kiefer: Heaven And Earth by Auping, Michael. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9783791333878.

A retrospective volume of Anselm Kiefers work, this book addresses the artists entire career through the lens of one compelling theme. From his earliest sculptures to his recent highly textured paintings, Anselm Kiefer has woven themes of heaven and earth into his work, exploring the polarities of these ideas while struggling to define the transcendent quality that places art squarely in between. Destruction and rebirth, glory and shame, sin and redemption all figure largely in Kiefers often controversial depictions of Germanys physical and cultural landscape. This book of more than fifty reproductions includes Kiefers first work, The Heavens, as well as numerous other rare early works and recent works being presented for the first time. It features an interview with the artist, which is accompanied by rich black-and-white photographs of his ongoing monumental installations on his property in Barjac, France.