ANSELM KIEFER: EARLY WORKS

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A major exhibition opening on 14 Feb 2025

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works will be a landmark survey of the artist’s work produced between 1969-1982. Organised in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and drawn from the Hall Collection, the exhibition will show approximately 45 works rarely displayed in public before.

This major exhibition will return to Anselm Kiefer's roots, featuring important early paintings, photos, prints, artist books, watercolours and mixed-media work, including less well-known, intimate pieces. 

Black and white portrait photograph of Anselm Kiefer by Till Brönner, 2023
Black and white photograph of Anselm Kiefer at work in his studio by Barbara Klemm

Left: Portrait of Anselm Kiefer by Till Brönner, 2023. Right: The artist at work in his studio, photo courtesy Barbara Klemm

 

Born in 1945, Anselm Kiefer has become a towering figure of post-war art and is best known for his monumental paintings and installations. His immense body of work covers an array of cultural, literary and philosophical subjects.

Kiefer’s artistic techniques and materials – which include straw, lead, concrete, fire, and ash – are similarly expansive, with pieces endlessly changing in their organic nature.

SELECTED ARTWORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Expressionistic still life watercolour painting of a flower and stem, with pink and white bloom and swirly blue background by artist Anselm Kiefer
An untitled 1974 mixed-media artwork by Anselm Kiefer
Watercolour of a forest Wald in German showing expressionistic autumn leaves and trunks by artist Anselm Kiefer, dating to 1973–74
A 1970s watercolour, gouache and ink painting by Anselm Kiefer titled Die Etsch
Nascita di Pittura (The Birth of Painting), Anselm Kiefer, 1974 Oil on linen painting showing an abstract female figure in a red dress with mountains behind
An expressionistic black, white & brown woodcut with acrylic & mixed media called Ways of Worldly Wisdom - The Battle of Hermann by the artist Anselm Kiefer, dating to 1977
Innenraum (Interior) by Anselm Kiefer, 1982 Watercolour and graphite on paper,
Wer jetz kein Haus hat (Whoever has no House now), Anselm Kiefer, 2023, emulsion, acrylic, oil, shellac, lead, string & chalk on canvas. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of White Cube. © Anselm Kiefer

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This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Hall Art Foundation

Hall Art Foundation logo, the partners of the Ashmolean's Anselm Kiefer exhibition
Exhibition supported by

White Cube
The Ashmolean Patrons

 

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