Somehow I neglected to post images from two exceptional exhibitions I visited last March at the Met Breur.
Provocations included over thirty works on paper by the extraordinary Anselm Kiefer. Whether he's working on paper, cutting a woodblock or making a watercolor painting the Kiefer is physical, visceral and gut-wrenching.
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| Anselm Kiefer, Bohemia Lies by the Sea, 1996, Oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal and powdered paint on burlap |
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| detail: Bohemia Lies by the Sea |
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| side view: Bohemia Lies by the Sea |
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| Kiefer, Brunnhilde/Grane, 1982/93 |
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| detail: Brunnhilde/Grane |
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| Kiefer, My Father Pledged Me a Sword, 1975, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and ball point pen on paper |
