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OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW

OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW.

Date/Time: Tuesday, December 13 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: Members $9 / Public $13 / Incl. Reception

Speaker: Kenneth Wayne Art Historian and Curator

Anselm Kiefer's monumental body of work occupies a fascinating place in the canon of
late 20th Century art. Born in 1945 Germany, he initially embarrassed his country through
his excavations of the nation's recent past. Kiefer came to prominence in 1980 when he
represented his country in the Venice Biennale. Recent exhibitions include a retrospective at
the Guggenheim Bilbao. In 1993 Kiefer moved to La Ribaute, a derelict silk factory near
Barjac, France. From 2000 he began constructing a series of elaborate installations. Like a
strange, sprawling village, La Ribaute extends over 350,000 meters and is composed of old
industrial buildings and working studios that link to a network of underground tunnels dug
out by Kiefer, which run underneath pavilions built to house paintings and installations.
There are caves and woods, an open landscape of concrete towers assembled like so many card houses and secluded, private
spaces. Traversing this landscape, the film immerses the audience in the total world and creative process of one of
today's most significant and inventive artists. Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow gives privileged access to
Kiefer's last days at La Ribotte prior to his move to Paris, where he now lives and works. (France, UK, 2011, 105 min.)