Video Review of Anselm Kiefer at the Royal Academy of Arts

05/11/14

Anselm Kiefer

Royal Academy of Arts, London

27 September – 14 December 2014

Anselm Kiefer, who was born in Germany in 1945, studied law before beginning his art education in Karlsruhe and then Düsseldorf. Now seen as one of the most successful artists of his generation, he represented his country at the 39th Venice Biennale in 1980 and was elected an honorary member of London's Royal Academy in 1996. The Royal Academy's current exhibition, which showcases more than 40 years of his career, is the first major retrospective of his work to be held in the UK.

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Review of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament at Haus der Kunst, Munich

03/04/14

Matthew Barney: River of Fundament

Haus der Kunst, Munich

17 March – 17 August 2014

“… Like a serpent whose insides have blown apart, I gave up, sued for peace, and gave birth to my bloody clotting history of coiled and twisted eviscerate.” [Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings]

Matthew Barney (b1967), best known for his Cremaster Cycle (1994-2002), comprising five films, with accompanying photographs, drawings, sculptures and installations, filled with anatomical allusions to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic process of sexual differentiation, is back. His latest project, River of Fundament, a further collaboration with Berlin-based American composer Jonathan Bepler, likewise comprises a film (given its European premiere at the Bavarian State Opera house in Munich on 16 March 2014), 15 large-scale sculptures, several series of drawings and some “archival” photographs, story boards and annotated books (Libretti).

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