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# “For Velimir Khlebnikov”, Anselm Kiefer
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/german-art-2665jsp/
- Published: 2005-07-10T23:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T11:51:52.000Z
- Author: Open democracy
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![Isaac Abravanel](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3f/80/3f804bea-4b2d-4ddf-9ff0-6ec7d0afa5fa/content/images/2026/04/3_565_GFOPXhU-1776425895398.jpg)

Isaac Abravanel

Isaac Abravanel: das Gastmahl des Levithan, 2004\. oil, emulsion, acrylic on canvas with lead boats.

Inspired by Russian futurist poet [Velimir Khlebnikov](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velimir%5FKhlebnikov?ref=opendemocracy.net), this exhibition is the first of a two part display.

“Few contemporary artists match Kiefer’s epic reach; the provocative and paradoxical nature of his work suggests that he embraces the notion of the modern artist who stands resolutely outside society, flaunting its histories, its taboos and its myths. By assimilating and utilizing the conventions and traditions of history painting, he goes beyond them, mingling viewpoints and presenting contradictory interpretations while emulating the genre’s grandiloquence.”

Read reviews of ‘Anselm Kiefer für Chlebnikov’ from the [*Observer*](http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1524903,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) and [*Telegraph*](http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/07/02/bakiefer02.xml&ref=opendemocracy.net).

**Anselm Kiefer at** [**White Cube**](http://www.whitecube.com/flash.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)**:**  
Part I  
Anselm Kiefer Für Chlebnikov  
*Until 30 July*

Part II  
Von den Verlorenen gerührt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss  
*From 3–27 August*