This
Sunday sees the third and final part of our ART ON SCREEN season with the
beautifully meditative film by Sophie Fiennes OVER THE CITIES GRASS WILL GROW;
on the work of Anselm Kiefer the German born painter and sculptor who studied
under Joseph Beuys at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, heavily influenced by Georg
Baselitz, Kiefer’s
Unflinching willingness to confront
Germanys culture's dark past, and unrealized potential, his works are often
done on a large, confrontational scale to represent the magnitude of what had
gone before. It is also characteristic of his work to find signatures and names
of people of historical importance, legendary figures or places encoded into
his work. This is Kiefer way of
process the past his; his use of material is negated by the piece with his use
of objects both natural and manufactured, this has resulted in his work being interpreted
as a type of New Symbolism. His work spans beyond art a veers into Socialist
architecture with his passion for the work of Albert Speer and Wilhelm Kreis. Kiefer
is like a sponge and allows his work can take on the culture and atmosphere of whichever
environment he is working within, which became quite evident in his work when
he spent a period of time in India. As an artist he was comfortable working in
print, painting, photography, woodcuts and sculpture and it was this
versatility that has been ever present throughout his career.
Next up is THE BRUCE LACEY EXPERIENCE
a film by JEREMY DELLER and NICK ABRAHAMS; this film looks at the work of artist
filmmakers and ever-present absurdist BRUCE LACEY the legendary figure on the British
counter cultural art scene in the1960s. Working with everyone from the GOONS to
KEN RUSSELL too collaborating with Turner prize-winning Jeremy Deller who
co-directs this enchanting documentary Bruce Lacey has become a cultural icon
revered by artists, filmmakers and musicians. A night of art and documentary
for lover of both art and film.
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