ANSELM KIEFER

This book explores his passion for alchemy, his admiration for great female figures obscured by history, and his relationship with t he landscape and nature, a notable topic of his most recent works. Steeped in culture, Kiefer mixes many forms and media. The total work of art has characterized his work for more than four decades. Art historian Dominique Baque highlights an aspect of Kiefers wor k here that has received very little critical attention before now: his conceptual understanding of the book and photography.