An Interview with Anselm Kiefer, Iconoclastic Alchemist

Anselm Kiefer, Die deutsche Heilslinie (German Lineages of Salvation), 2012–13. Oil, emulsion, acrylic, and shellac on canvas, 12 ft. 3 5/8 in. × 36 ft. 1 1/16 in. × 3 15/16 in.

A monumental black and white landscape painting stretches across an entire gallery wall, showing textured trees and fields beneath a cloudy sky.

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
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