Anselm Kiefer: Early Works Solo exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works will be a landmark survey of the artist’s work produced between 1969-1982. Organised in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and drawn from the Hall Collection, the exhibition will show approximately 45 works rarely displayed in public before.

This major exhibition will return to Anselm Kiefer's roots, featuring important early paintings, photos, prints, artist books, watercolours and mixed-media work, including less well-known, intimate pieces. The exhibition will also include three new paintings from Kiefer’s own collection, chosen by the artist especially for the Ashmolean show.

Born in 1945, Anselm Kiefer has become a towering figure of post-war art and is best known for his monumental paintings and installations. His immense body of work covers an array of cultural, literary and philosophical subjects. Kiefer’s artistic techniques and materials – which include straw, lead, concrete, fire, and ash – are similarly expansive, with pieces endlessly changing in their organic nature.