While most major museums in the United States and abroad hold examples of the German artist Anselm Kiefer's work, the nature and extent of his achievement are the subject of intense debate. This volume reproduces in full The Heavenly Palaces, Merkabah, an important large-scale artist's book created by Kiefer in 1990. Featuring images reproduced here in full color, this work is accompanied by three essays by experts who approach the book from various perspectives, explicating its many layers of meaning to an unprecedented degree. The first essay deals impressionistically with the motifs and iconography of The Heavenly Palaces Merkabah. The next treats its themes and meaning, concentrating especially on Jewish references and resonances, an especially challenging aspect of this German artist's oeuvre. In the final essay, the importance of the medium of photography is addressed by surveying its use by Kiefer since the beginning of his career.

Anselm Kiefer: The Heavenly Palaces, Merkabah

Arts & Photography

Peter Nisbet

Klaus Gallwitz

Lisa Saltzman

Laura Muir

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harvard Art Museums

Museum Catalog. Saddle-stitched Softcover.

Fortune Smiles: The Tyche Foundation Gift

Allan Gurganus

Emily Kass

Ackland Art Museum

Works of art collected by more than sixty alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are featured in this fully illustrated exhibition catalogue. European and American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs move from the late 19th century through major movements and many of the major issues in modern and contemporary art.

Carolina Collects 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art From Alumni Collections

A distinguished group of critics, art historians and artists gathered at the Ringling Museum to take part in an international symposium on the legacy of Joseph Beuys. The papers presented here examine the artist's various productive modes by means of different critical tools and criteria. The result is a much needed reader that will help both students and art professionals come to terms with this controversial and eno

Joseph Beuys: Mapping The Legacy

Gene Ray

Lukas Beckmann

History & Criticism

D.A.P./Ringling Museum

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