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how to paint like anselm kiefer at the royal academy

PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:25 pm
by jasperjoffe
1. Start with a load of texture:clay straw dirt paint
2. Combine with an outline of architectural structure for contrast: temple pyramid etc
3. Stick a big lead thing on it
4. Sign it with some serious referential cursive writing
5. Make sure to add some bullshit alchemy history myth Poetry as the content
6. Do it all ten times bigger

Re: how to paint like anselm kiefer at the royal academy

PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:56 pm
by CAP
Then buy a decommissioned nuclear reactor and turn into an exclusive men's club.... :twisted:

Budda Bing! :lol:

Re: how to paint like anselm kiefer at the royal academy

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:39 am
by CAP
But once you get over the clotted vistas and plodding perspective, it does get a bit monotonous. Too bad they didn't include some of the artist's recent cow paintings (I'm not kidding) - 20 years in rural France has edged him slightly closer to Dubuffet it seems.... :D

Here's Dr. Profundis in front of one with his model!
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Anselm Kiefer vor dessen Bild Europa bei der Eröffnung der Ausstellung.jpg
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Anselm Kiefer vor dessen Bild Europa bei der Eröffnung der Ausstellung.jpg (53.36 KiB) Viewed 16587 times


Here's Dubuffet's Cow With A Subtle Nose from 1954, for comparison.