A number of his paintings are made with charcoal. Kiefer shows not just destructive forces, but rejuvenation. The landscape is ravaged, but it will one day become very fertile. |
He was someone who created a lot of controversy about recent German history when it was taboo to do so. |
Her generation lived through two world wars and lost. She represents a hopeless identity of people in the wake of World War II. |
The attic offers an idea of memory. It also asks: how can we explain the past? |
The buildings of the Third Reich had a very strong neo-classic design. They were supposed to last for a long time. |
The question Kiefer asks is: when do we have this heightened awareness of the scope of the universe? |
There's chaos to the universe. But there's also drawn lines of the constellations for us to make some sense. |