Anselm Keifer at the Gagosian Gallery, Beverley Hills, 29 Mar -26 Apr

Posted on March 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM.

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Artist Name: Anselm Keifer
Dates: Gagosian Gallery: Mar 29 - Apr 26, opening reception: Sat Mar 29th, from 6 to 8 pm AND First Baptist Church Gym: Mar 30 - Apr 27, opening reception: Sun, Mar 30th, from 12 to 4 pm
Medium: paintings, sculptures, photo-collages and a major installation
Website: http://www.gagosian.com

Exhibition Description:

Anselm Keifer, in his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles for more than a decade, has created a special one-off project at the First Baptist Church Gym in mid-Wilshire, the major installation Palmsonntag (Palm Sunday). The installation comprises an entire uprooted palm tree and thirty-six "vitrine" paintings containing vertically mounted branches of vegetation (palms, sunflower pods, mangroves) suspended in plaster and earth, phantom specimens in the opened pages of a giant herbiary.
There is also an extensive exhibition of Keifer's works in the Gagosian Gallery. Anselm Kiefer was born in Germany during the last year of World War II. After studying law, Anslem Keifer began his art education in Karlsruhe and then Düsseldorf, where he met Joseph Beuys. His work has been shown in and collected by major museums throughout the world. Kiefer lives and works in France.

Full Contact Details:

Gagosian Gallery
Beverly Hills,
456 North Camden Drive,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210,
TEL 310.271.9400,
FAX 310.271.9420,
EMAIL losangeles(at)gagosian.com,
HOURS Tue-Sat 10-5:30, OR AT
First Baptist Church Gym,
760 South Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90005
TEL 310.271.9400
FAX 310.271.9420
EMAIL losangeles@gagosian.com
HOURS Wed-Sun 12-6