Anselm Kiefer Exhibition "Essence-Existence" at Artipelag Museum of Gustavsberg, Sweden

This year Artipelag celebrates its tenth anniversary and as part of this we are presenting our biggest investment ever - the exhibition Essence-Eksistence with the German artist Anselm Kiefer (born 1945). Kiefer is one of the most important contemporary artists, but despite this, his work has never been shown on a large scale in Sweden.

Essence-Eksistence highlights Kiefer's rich production of paintings, sculptures and installations. The works are often a deep dive into German history and touch on German identity from Romanticism to a Germany in ruins after the defeat of World War II.

The art is composed of philosophical, religious, scientific and ecological theories that together give us a contemporary world view. He frequently refers to other cultural creators, such as the authors Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann.

As this is the first time Kiefer is shown in a major exhibition in Sweden, it has a retrospective character that highlights the artist's multifaceted production from the 1970s onwards.