Artist field note

Anselm Kiefer

History remains embedded in damaged material.

The High Priestess/Zweistromland by Anselm Kiefer
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The High Priestess/Zweistromland

1985-1989

Lead books fill a steel case, joining knowledge to impossible weight.

The five in one idea

Kiefer makes materials remember what national culture might rather seal away.