ANSELM KIEFER’S MEDITATIONS ON MELENCOLIA

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Abstract:: This thesis focuses on the work of the contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer. Specifically, I trace the presence of a specific object, an eight-sided polyhedron, throughout Kiefer’s artwork beginning in the 1980s. Rather than finding a conclusion to the answer of what exactly the polyhedron signifies in the artist’s work, I investigate the way in which the presence of the polyhedron creates a dialogue regarding the positive and negative characteristics of artistic creation, a topic critically important to Kiefer as a German artist working in a post-Holocaust landscape. I focus on how the polyhedron’s resistance to a singular interpretation is fundamental to its role in the work of Anselm Kiefer, acting as a catalyst for discussion on issues of history, politics, and, most importantly, the burdens and responsibilities of artistic creation.
Thesis:: Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
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