German Artist Anselm Kiefer
German Artist Anselm Kiefer . His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. Anselm Kiefer grew up in postwar West Germany amid the rubble of World War II. Art & Photography: Anselm Kiefer - White Cube, Bermondsey (Maud Carter) London's Royal Academy of Arts is hosting the UK's first major retrospective of the German artist Anselm Kiefer, who has been hailed by critics as "the world's greatest living artist". This was Kiefer's first attempt to deal with Germany's recent cultural and political history. In his somber, epic paintings and sculptures, Anselm Kiefer explores myth, memory, German culture, and the aftermath of World War II. I didn't like his stuff when I first saw it -- it seemed like just so much mud. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. Heavy art: Anselm Kiefer retrospective opens in Paris ... ...
