An Interview with Anselm Kiefer, Iconoclastic Alchemist

Kiefer approaches each new work with a deliberate openness to surprise, treating experimentation as the core of his artistic process.

A man works inside a large studio, pressing his gloved hand against a heavily textured, earth-toned painting while other massive canvases hang in the background.

Kiefer takes myths and recasts them, unites rivers across continents, and breaks through long-held beliefs to penetrate deeper into the in-between states of being where all great art lives.

An Interview with Anselm Kiefer, Iconoclastic Alchemist