Schwarze Flocken - Für Paul Celan Artist Book, Germany
2005, Acrylic, charcoal and branches on photograph, mounted on cardboard, 62.5 x 42 x 15 cm
Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris
Salzburg Photograph by Charles Duprat
Kiefer is a personal favorite. I had the opportunity to delve into his work at a fairly early age, discovering him roughly six years ago now. I love the gloomy nature of his work, the blacks and blues being an aesthetic that attests to my natural projections of beauty; an "innate" sense of despair and suffering. I was blessed to stumble upon his work in 2009 while in Palma de Mallorca at the Museu d'art modern i contemporani. I remember being in a state of pure bliss as I stumbled in with a friend - amazed - that Kiefer's work was there. There were giant pieces of convoluted constellations doused in gloom that leaped of the canvases. It was a lovely experience. In fact, another favorite Am Anfang (origin or beginning in German) is still in permanent residence in Palma. If you ever decide to go to the Balearic Islands make sure you stop by the museum on your way to Ibiza.
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