Anselm Kiefer: Ureaus
This book was published on the occasion of Anselm Kiefer: Uraeus at Rockefeller Center, New York. It centers on the artist’s first site-specific public sculpture in the United States, commissioned by the Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer, and presented by Gagosian.
The work consists of a gigantic open book with eagle’s wings spanning 30 feet wide, both made of lead, mounted on top of a 20-foot-tall lead-clad stainless-steel column. Clustered around the base are more outsize lead books, while a large snake coils up the column.
The publication includes photography of the work in situ along with an adapted and expanded transcript of a conversation held between the artist and Richard Calvocoressi at the New School, New York. A text by Nicholas Baume, chief curator of the Public Art Fund, describes the journey of this artwork from conception to completion.
Description
This book was published on the occasion of Anselm Kiefer: Uraeus at Rockefeller Center, New York. It centers on the artist’s first site-specific public sculpture in the United States, commissioned by the Public Art Fund and Tishman Speyer, and presented by Gagosian.
The work consists of a gigantic open book with eagle’s wings spanning 30 feet wide, both made of lead, mounted on top of a 20-foot-tall lead-clad stainless-steel column. Clustered around the base are more outsize lead books, while a large snake coils up the column.
The publication includes photography of the work in situ along with an adapted and expanded transcript of a conversation held between the artist and Richard Calvocoressi at the New School, New York. A text by Nicholas Baume, chief curator of the Public Art Fund, describes the journey of this artwork from conception to completion.
