
Isaac Abravanel: das Gastmahl des Levithan, 2004. oil, emulsion, acrylic on canvas with lead boats.
Inspired by Russian futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov, this exhibition is the first of a two part display.
Few contemporary artists match Kiefers 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 genres grandiloquence.
Read reviews of Anselm Kiefer für Chlebnikov from the Observer and Telegraph.
Anselm Kiefer at White Cube:
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 327 August