A recent series by this artist was based on the poetry of Velimir Chlebnikov, and he painted a dark forest pervaded by a blue mist, above which is a d
A recent series by this artist was based on the poetry of Velimir Chlebnikov, and he painted a dark forest pervaded by a blue mist, above which is a disembodied staircase leading to an attic door in his Resurrexit. His works such as The Sixth Trumpet and Ashflower appeared alongside Book on Wings in the Heaven and Earth exhibit, and along with Baselitz, Immendorf, and Penck, this student of Joseph Beuys was one of the major neoexpressionists promoted by Michael Werner at the 1980 Venice Bienniale. He used metal shelves and burned books on canvas to create works in his Kabbalah-inspired "Merkabah" exhibit, though he is also known for frequent references to Germanic and Nordic myth as well as the Nazis, as in Zim Zum. This creator of the Sulamith series frequently combines shellac and various emulsions on canvas, while he used straw to represent the hair of a figure inspired by a Paul Celan poem. For 10 points, name this contemporary German artist known for using earthy materials in works like Margarethe, Your Golden Hair.
A recent series by this artist was based on the poetry of Velimir Chlebnikov, and he painted a dark forest pervaded by a blue mist, above which is a disembodied staircase leading to an attic door in his Resurrexit.
{Anselm Kiefer}