biografia di Anselm KIEFER (1945)
Personal data
Birth : 03/08/1945 - Donaueschingen, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Address
Barjac, FranceEducation
1966 – 1969 : Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe – Reinhold-Frank-Straße 67 – Karlsruhe, Germany
Pupil of / student of Horst ANTES [ 1936 ]
1972 : Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Pupil of / student of Joseph BEUYS [ 1921-1986 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1992:Settles in the South of France
1971 – 1992:Lives in Hornbach in the Oden Forest in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting :
Print-Multiple : Engraving
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Watercolour
Performing Art : Performance
Subject
familywar
history
interior
the time/the memory
death
landscape
Movements and styles
Neo-expressionnismWorks
Merkaba | |
Date of creation : 2002 Medium : Mixed media Materials : acrylic-oil Size : 280 x 380 cm | |
2 Ikosaeder | |
Date of creation : 2002 Medium : Photograph Materials : painting Process : photograph Size : 105 x 89 cm | |
The seven Palaces | |
Date of creation : 2002 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Materials : acrylic-oil Size : 280 x 330 cm | |
Andromeda | |
Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Oil/canvas Materials : acrylic-oil Supports : canvas Size : 395 x 500 cm | |
Bohemia Lies by the Sea | |
Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : Oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal, and powdered paint Size : 75 x 221 inch | |
Die Sechste Posaune | |
Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : emulsion, acrylic, shellac, and sunflower seeds Size : 205 x 221 inch | |
The Obscure Clarity that falls from the Stars | |
Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Mixed media Process : painting-photograph Supports : paper Technical data : with sunflowers seeds Size : 247 x 107 cm | |
Les Reines de France | |
Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : emulsion, acrylic, sunflower seeds, photographs, woodcut, gold leaf, and cardboard on canvas Size : 221 x 291 inch | |
Melancholia | |
Date of creation : 1990-1991 Medium : Sculpture Technical data : lead airplane with crystal tetrahy Size : 126 x 174 x 66 inch | |
Lilith | |
Date of creation : 1987-1989 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, ash and copper wire Size : 38 x 56 cm | |
Zweistromland/The High Priestess | |
Date of creation : 1986-1989 Medium : Installation Technical data : approximately 200 lead books in two steel bookcases, copper wire, glass, photographs and various organic materials Size : 460 x 784 x 180 cm | |
The Milky Way | |
Date of creation : 1985-1987 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : emulsion paint, oil, acrylic, and shellac Size : 13 x 19 inch | |
Osiris und Isis | |
Date of creation : 1985-1987 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, acrylic, emulsion, clay, porcelain, lead, copper, wire, and circuit board Size : 150 x 221 x 7 inch | |
Departure from Egypt | |
Date of creation : 1984 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, straw and lacquer Size : 150 x 221 inch | |
Seraphim | |
Date of creation : 1983-1984 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, straw, emulsion, and shellac Size : 126 x 130 inch | |
Dem unbekannten Maler | |
Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, emulsion, shellac, latex and straw Size : 208 x 381 cm | |
Der Rhein | |
Date of creation : 1982-1983 Medium : Woodcut Size : 380 x 280 cm | |
Landscape With Wing | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil, straw, lead Size : 130 x 218 inch | |
The Rhine | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Sculpture Technical data : book of woodcuts on paper Size : 12 x 4 x 1 cm | |
Grane | |
Date of creation : 1980-1993 Medium : Woodcut Size : 109 x 98 inch | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1980-1986 Medium : Mixed media Technical data : oil, acrylic, emulsion, lead, charcoal, and straw on photograph, mounted on canvas; with stones, lead and steel additions Size : 130 x 72 inch | |
Wege I | |
Date of creation : 1977 Medium : Mixed media/paper Materials : acrylic-oil Size : 62 x 102 inch | |
Quaternity | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil and charcoal Size : 118 x 171 inch | |
Parsifal I | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Oil/paper/canvas Size : 32 x 22 cm | |
Parsifal III | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Mixed media Technical data : oil, blood/paper/canvas Size : 30 x 43 cm | |
Parsifal II | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Mixed media Technical data : oil, blood/paper/canvas Size : 32 x 22 cm | |
Deutschlands Geisteshelden (Germany's Spiritual Heroes) | |
Date of creation : 1973 Medium : Mixed media/canvas Technical data : oil and charcoal on burlap Size : 121 x 268 inch | |
Die Rheintöchter | |
Date of creation : 1969-1989 Medium : Mixed media Materials : chalk Process : photograph Supports : metal Size : 280 x 500 x 10 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Velimir Chlebnikov
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield CT, United States
05/27/2006 – 10/01/2006
2005
New Work
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Salzburg, Austria
08/01/2005 – 08/31/2005
2003
Am Amfang
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – Salzburg, Austria
07/2003 – 08/2003
2002
La vie secrète des plantes
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
10/2002 – 11/30/2002
Surface Tension
Bush Reisinger Museum – Cambridge MA, United States
2002 – 10/06/2002
Merkaba
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
11/08/2002 – 12/14/2002
2001
Les sept palais du ciel 1973-2001
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
10/28/2001 – 02/17/2002
Paintings 1998-2000
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
06/15/2001 – 09/23/2001
Painting, sculpture, woodcuts, books
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art – Chicago IL, United States
04/10/2001 – 07/08/2001
1998
Works on Paper, 1969-1993
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
12/15/1998 – 03/21/1999
Fundación Proa – Buenos Aires, Argentina
07/25/1998 – 09/20/1998
1997
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
1997
1984
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
1984
1981
Marian Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
1981
1978
Kunsthalle – Bern BE, Switzerland
1978
1973
Goethe Institut – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1973
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Gagosian Gallery – 8 Heddon Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Schultz – Mommsenstrasse, 34 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art – 56 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Alan Koppel Gallery – 210 West Chicago Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Thomas Segal Gallery – The Inn at The Colonnade 4 West University Parkway – Baltimore MD, United States
Group exhibitions
2004
Constructed Image
Kent Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/09/2004 – 01/29/2005
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
Muse
Kent Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/08/2004 – 03/27/2004
2003
Dessins de la collection Paul Maenz
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
10/17/2003 – 12/13/2003
Coollustre
Collection Yvon Lambert – Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
05/25/2003 – 09/28/2003
2002
Learning from Africa
Galeria Mário Sequeira – Braga, Portugal
02/2002 – 03/2002
Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
07/10/2002 – 09/06/2002
From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
Claude Monet … bis zum digitalen Impressionismus
Fondation Beyeler – Riehen BL, Switzerland
03/28/2002 – 08/18/2002
1980
39° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1980
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2000
Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492
Monographies
2001
Anselm Kiefer
Publisher: Editions du Regard – Paris, France
Author: Arasse Daniel
2001
Periodicals
2003
NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – Un voyage spirituel
in: Art Actuel n° 24 p. 88
Paris, France
01/2003-02/2003
2002
Anselm Kiefer in der Fondation Beyeler
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 1/2 p. 49
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
01/2002-02/2002