The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Between Barjac and the artist Anselm Kiefer, thirty years of respect and distrust

2022-01-26T17:40:18.686Z


REPORT - Relations between the German visual artist and the inhabitants of the small town experienced ups and downs. But the creator loves the place to the point of seeing himself buried there.


The 4 x 4 climbs valiantly in the 40 hectares of scrubland.

A star of contemporary art, prized by collectors, the German artist close to Dominique de Villepin and Emmanuel Macron fell madly in love with this deep corner of France thirty years ago.

The one whose works are sold at Sotheby's for millions of dollars has settled far from everything, near Barjac, in a region where no one knows him.

Three decades of love and hate whose epilogue is imminent.

On the border between the Gard, the Cévennes and the Ardèche, Anselm Kiefer's property called La Ribaute is much more than an open-air workshop.

It is a monumental artistic utopia.

At the top of a hill, the sculpture of a painter's palette carried by two wings seems ready to take flight.

Between the pines, headless women in white dresses wander in procession.

Near a lake, towers seem on the verge of collapsing.

As far as the eye can see stretch the roads he built, the greenhouses and…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 90% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for 1€ the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All life articles on 2022-01-26

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.