A retrospective volume of Anselm Kiefer's work,this book addresses the artist's entire career throughthe lens of one compelling theme.

From his earliest sculptures to his recent highlytextured paintings, Anselm Kiefer has woventhemes of heaven and earth into his work, exploringthe polarities of these ideas while struggling todefine the transcendent quality that places artsquarely in between. Destruction and rebirth, gloryand shame, sin and redemption all figure largely inKiefer's often controversial depictions ofGermany's physical and cultural landscape.This book of more than fifty reproductions includesKiefer's first work, The Heavens, as well asnumerous other rare early works and recent worksbeing presented for the first time. It features aninterview with the artist, which is accompanied byrich black-and-white photographs of his ongoingmonumental installations on his property in Barjac,France.