"What is history?" Kiefer asked in a lecture delivered before the Tel Aviv exhibition's opening. "It is that thing which must, in the first instance, be given form. What does the artist do? He draws connections. He ties the invisible threads between things. He dives into history, be it the history of mankind, the geological history of the Earth or the beginning and end of the manifest cosmos. History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images. Not content, but the road the artist takes is the interesting part."
http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Anselm-Kiefer-s-tragic-works-carry-traces-of-humor-2637494.php?cmpid=email-mobile
- Ikhide
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