Anselm Kiefer
From October 2, 2026 to January 24, 2027
Since the 1980s, glass cases have played a decisive role in the work of Anselm Kiefer (Donaueschingen, 1945). Inside, he has arranged objects, materials and symbols that act as time capsules, and that synthesize central themes of his work related to history, mythology, identity and individual and collective memory.
Kiefer’s glass cases are condensed symbols and often combine opposing concepts: they are transparent and dense, light and heavy, and the objects they contain are at once easy to recognize and enigmatic. Kiefer uses materials as varied as lead, cement, glass, stones, wire, pieces of cloth, tree roots or burnt books, which represent ideas such as remembrance, renewal, hope and loss. The materials collected are, therefore, artistic transformations of spiritual beliefs and ideas, and the disorienting display cases encourage thought and inspire new interpretations.
This exhibition, with works by Kiefer from the Grothe collection and other private European collections, is the artist's first solo show in Spain dedicated exclusively to this set of works, entitled Opus Magnum. Thus, La Pedrera will present a selection of these display cases with books, objects and installations, complemented by a cycle of paintings on the English scholar and poet Robert Fludd (1574-1637).
Curator: Walter Smerling
