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Anselm Kiefer- Il Mistero delle Cattedrali
Opens: 09/12/2011 Closes: 26/02/2012
White Cube Bermondsey, London
Using a site steeped in Germanic history, Berlin's Templehof airport, as a catalyst, and taking his title from an arcane text on cathedrals and alchemy, Kiefer conjures up large-scale artistic gold. Using oxidation and natural weathering, Joseph Beuys' former pupil fills the new White Cube with works of immense physicality.
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The Arts Desk“Elements of overcooked theatricality intrude...” This is a mind-bending show that must be seen. It leaves you with the sense of an artist who, for all his faults, is a giant among the pygmies of contemporary art...
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this is london“Suggests that the weight of Nazi history resists transformation...” Foreboding paintings capture the airport's desolate interior space and the exterior theatrical arc and neo-classical columns in a darkened landscape, with the forms etched into cracking paint accompanied by symbolic sculptural elements...
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The Telegraph“Perhaps it’s time to stop the lugubrious chest-beating...” There is no question that Kiefer’s vision is grand, impressive and unique – even if it sometimes tips over into pomposity...
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