Building the Future - Anselm Kiefer
I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland
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
- 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
- History is a Clay — Anselm Kiefer
Memory is not an archive. It is a terrain that must be excavated repeatedly
- Interviewing Anselm Kiefer — Anselm Kiefer
What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things
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