History is a Clay
Memory is not an archive. It is a terrain that must be excavated repeatedly
Anselm Kiefer
German artist using unconventional materials and history to create monumental works exploring memory, identity, and trauma.
All moments: Anselm Kiefer
- My Paintings Change — Anselm Kiefer
What interests me is the transformation, not the monument. A ruin is the moment when things can start again
- Anselm Kiefer Interview: Art is Spiritual — Anselm Kiefer
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power
- Building the Future - Anselm Kiefer — Anselm Kiefer
I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland
- Dialoge in Südfrankreich — Anselm Kiefer
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art
- Conversations: Anselm Kiefer and Alexander Kluge — Anselm Kiefer
There is no objective history. Each human being made its own history
- Interviewing Anselm Kiefer — Anselm Kiefer
What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things
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