Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer, born in 1945, studied law, Romance studies and art. He was a student of Horst Antes and Joseph Beuys.

Anselm Kiefer, born in 1945, studied law, Romance studies and art. He was a student of Horst Antes and Joseph Beuys.

Awards (selection)

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2008
Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2005
Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association 1999

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2008
Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2005
Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association 1999


PUBLICATIONS

»Wisdom is the art of remaining faithful under shifting circumstances«
Year of Publication: 2024
Alexander Kluge, Anselm KieferYear of Publication: 2024

Anselm Kiefer and Alexander Kluge have been friends for many years – and they share an aesthetic and analytical interest in the deeply human possibility of reliability. But what is reliability?...

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English world rights (Seagull)

Notebooks
Year of Publication: 2011
Anselm KieferYear of Publication: 2011
This great artist is also a great writer. Anselm Kiefer’s Notebooks reveal his strong affinity to language and let the reader witness the process of how thoughts, experiences and...
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English world rights (Seagull), Chinese simplex rights (Playbook)

Anselm Kiefer in Conversation with Klaus Dermutz
Year of Publication: 2010
Anselm Kiefer, Klaus DermutzYear of Publication: 2010

»The only visual artist to have won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Anselm Kiefer is a profoundly literary painter. In the ten conversations with the writer and theologian Klaus...

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English world rights (Seagull), Chinese simplex rights (The Commercial Press)