Kiefer turns to Mother Nature
By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 22 March 2011
Anselm Kiefer’s labyrinthine studio complex at Barjac in the south of France is the stuff of legend. From the early 1990s to 2008, he lived on the 35-hectare site where he built an extensive network of buildings, storerooms and subterranean chambers, more like a human ant-hill than an artist's studio. Kiefer told The Guardian that talks are now underway to establish a joint German-French foundation which will look after the Barjac complex. The new organisation is driven by one aim: to allow nature to slowly reclaim the site, allowing Kiefer’s creations to be swamped by the encroaching earth.
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