Anselm Kiefer

Name: Anselm Kiefer
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500291610
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By Daniel Arasse

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Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) is a leading and provocative contemporary artist whose work spans painting, photography, artist's books, installation and sculpture. This richly illustrated volume by Daniel Arasse explores Kiefer's artistic journey, his education and influences, and the central themes of his oeuvre, including memory, history, mythology, war, the Holocaust, and national identity. The book, organised chronologically and thematically, features around 250 full-colour images, highlighting the unity and evolution of Kiefer's distinctive vision from the landmark 1980 Venice Biennale onwards.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, European cultural history, and the exploration of complex political and historical themes through visual media.

A major monograph available again in a new, compact format, published to coincide with this autumn's Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

A major monograph of one of the most important and controversial artists at work in the world today

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Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) is one of the most important and controversial artists at work in the world today. Through such diverse mediums as painting, photography, artist's books, installations, and sculpture, he has interpreted the great political and cultural issues at the heart of the modern European sensibility: the connections among memory, history, and mythology; war; the Holocaust; and ethnic and national identity.

In this extensively illustrated volume, available again in a new, compact format, Arasse analyses Kiefer's education, influences, philosophy, and art, while demonstrating the unity and continuity of his work. Arasse takes as his starting point the 1980 Venice Biennale, a key moment in the artist's career that marked the birth of both his international reputation and the controversy over the 'Germanness' of his work.

Organized both chronologically and according to the artist's recurrent motifs, the book's approximately 250 full-colour images trace Kiefer's creative evolution and present his great themes in their full scope and power.

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Lovely. . . . Leads the reader through the dense symbolism and repeated imagery of Kiefer's work.– Portland Book Review

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500291610

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 September 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 15 Illustrations, black and white; 394 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 172.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 344

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Arts & Culture Daniel Arasse Non-Fiction

About the Author

Daniel Arasse (1944-2003) taught art history at the Sorbonne and was Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He published widely on the history of painting, including studies of Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael.