Anselm Kiefer: Early Works

This book accompanies a major exhibition in the Ashmolean Museum on the early work of internationally acclaimed German artist Anselm Kiefer.

It focuses on his paintings, drawings, photographs, woodcuts, and artist books created between 1969 and 1982, in the Hall Collection. Anselm Kiefer: Early Works is the first institutional show and publication in the UK dedicated to Kiefer’s early practice.

The book introduces themes, subjects, and styles that have become signature to Kiefer’s work while providing a more intimate and complementary context for his large-scale installations that he is best known for today. The early works are accompanied by three recent paintings from the artist’s own collections, chosen by the artist himself.

Art historians, artists, curators, and experts of Kiefer’s art from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Britain, and the US have contributed 46 original texts on individual works, organized in a chronological structure. An illustrated chronology at the end of the book provides an overview of the artist’s early practice and life.