The beauty of self : the art of Anselm Kiefer

Author

Huftalen, Alison L.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art criticism. 2004, Num. 2, Vol. 19, 66-78

ISSN

0195-4148

Abstract (en)

Surveys Kiefer's painting to outline facets of his identity, focusing on his self-identity and (especially American) critical reception of his aesthetics. Author bases his interpretation on the artist's 1988 interview with critic Donald Kuspit, in which the two consider beauty, audience, function, politics, minimalism, and surface. Expands these issues into discussions of landscape, narrative, national identity, conceptualism, and nazism.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Germany
• Kiefer, Anselm, b.1945
• Germany
• Painting
• 1900-2000
• Interpretation
• Art
• Reception
• Function
• Interviews
• Kuspit, Donald Burton, b.1935
• United States
• Art criticism
• Beauty (concept)
• Aesthetics
• Surface
• Politics
• Minimal art
• Conceptual art
• Landscape
• Iconography
• National Socialism (Germany: 1933-1945)
• National Socialists
• Identity
• Artistic life
• Spectators
• National identity
• Nationalism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Allemagne
• Kiefer, Anselm, n.1945
• Allemagne
• Peinture
• 1900-2000
• Interprétation
• Art
• Réception
• Fonction
• Interview
• Kuspit, Donald Burton, n.1935
• Etats-Unis
• Critique d'art
• Beau, Le
• Esthétique
• Surface
• Politique
• Art minimal
• Art conceptuel
• Paysage
• Iconographie
• National-socialisme (Allemagne: 1933-1945)
• Nationaux-socialistes
• Identité
• Vie artistique
• Spectateurs
• Identité nationale
• Nationalisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024800

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