Indeed in art as well as literature attics often represent metaphysical spaces.
Anselm kiefer attic paintings.
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Born a few months before hitler s suicide kiefer belonged to a.
Anselm kiefer is a german artist who has explored his country s postwar identity history and mythology throughout his career.
Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor.
His works incorporate materials such as straw ash clay lead and shellac the poems of paul celan have played a role in developing kiefer s themes of german history and the horror of the holocaust as have the spiritual concepts of kabbalah.
Anselm kiefer critically engages with myth and memory referencing totems of german culture and collective history.
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Much like vincent van gogh s portraits of his bedroom these interiors reflect the psyche of the artist and the nation imbuing the spectator with a distinct emotional response.
The setting for this painting is kiefer s attic studio.
The titles refer to richard wagner s last opera parsifaland its source in a 13thcentury romance by wolfram von eschenbach which was based on the legend of the holy grail.
Much like vincent van gogh s portraits of his bedroom these interiors reflect the psyche of the artist and the nation imbuing the spectator with a distinct emotional response.
His works incorporate materials such as straw ash clay lead and shellac.
This motif of the interior was a recurring subject throughout kiefer s work of the 1970s as in his series of attic paintings.
This is evident in the work of anselm kiefer whose attic scene quaternity is part of our permanent collection.
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Artwork page for parsifal i anselm kiefer 1973 the parsifal cycle comprises four large paintings of which three are owned by tate.
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He studied with peter dreher and horst antes end of the 1960s.
Anselm kiefer born 8 march 1945 is a german painter and sculptor.
This motif of the interior was a recurring subject throughout kiefer s work of the 1970s as in his series of attic paintings.
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An ascent into this space can be translated as a descent into one s own psyche.
He studied with joseph beuys and peter dreher during the 1970s.
