Installation view at Galerie Yvon Lambert, 2006Book Patrol as been occasionally featuring Anselm Kiefer's book related works in honor of the exhibit Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth at the San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtThere is also an exhibit of his work currently showing at Galerie Yvon Lambert in Paris that deserves mention. The show is titled "Für Paul Celan" and features 10 new works being shown in two galleries.Kiefer continues his post war quest to understand the German Identity and books continue to play a seminal role in his journey.The piece on the floor in the image above is:Aschenblüme...
Anselm Kiefer and the Book
Zweistromland/The High Priestess, 1986-89. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo. Lead, steel, glass, copper wire and mixed organic media, approx. 460 × 884 × 180 cm.In honor of the exhibit Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Book Patrol will feature one of Kiefer's book related works until the exhibit ends at the end of January.Here is our second installment: Zweistromland/The High Priestess, 1986-89The work consists of 200 lead books (each weighing 300 kilos or a little over 600 pounds) arranged on two steel book shelves which are leaned against each other, but...
The Book , Anselm Kiefer and the Universe
In honor of the exhibit Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Book Patrol will feature one of Kiefer's book related works until the exhibit ends at the end of January. We start with our favorite:Buch mit Flügeln (Book with Wings), 1992-94Lead, steel, and tinCollection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Endowment Fund. © Anselm KieferSF Museum Exhibit here