Author Description

Thanks to his idiosyncratic visual language, full of references to history, mythology and literature, Anselm Kiefer (1945) has become one of the greatest artists of our time. His work is pleasing to the eye and stimulating for the brain. He thinks big, works on a monumental scale with unusual materials and does not shy away from asking the uncomfortable questions of life. During his solo exhibition at Voorlinden you can see his intriguing paintings, sculptures, artists? books and installations. Many of them have never been shown before. In this catalogue, you will find all the artworks and exhibition galleries as well as a text by Rudi Fuchs, the well-known art historian and former director of the Van Abbemuseum, Gemeentemuseum The Hague and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. He organised Anselm Kiefer's first exhibition in the Netherlands in 1979 and describes how he recognised a pioneering artist in Kiefer. Exhibition: Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands (14.10.2023 - 25.02.2024)