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Anselm Kiefer

German Artist

Born: Mar 8, 1945

Art Artist Between History Me You

Related authors: Albert Oehlen Albrecht Durer Hans Hofmann Josef Albers Kathe Kollwitz Maria Sibylla Merian Martin Kippenberger Rudolf Arnheim

The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses. Anselm Kiefer

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I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all. Anselm Kiefer

When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else. Anselm Kiefer

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Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. Anselm Kiefer

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But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result. Anselm Kiefer

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Buying art is not understanding art. Anselm Kiefer

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Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part. Anselm Kiefer

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History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images. Anselm Kiefer

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