{"product_id":"erotik-im-fernen-osten-oder-9780807615744","title":"Erotik Im Fernen Osten Oder","description":"Anselm Kiefer is best known for his brooding forests and somber fields encrusted with debris, and for his haunted monuments reeking of the Nazi past. This series of delicately executed watercolorslandscapes and a surprising sequence of erotic nudesreveals a wholly different side to the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1974 Kiefer traveled to the coast of Norway. Three years later, using photographs he had taken during his trip as an aide-memoire, he painted \u003ci\u003eErotik im Fernen Osten oder: Transition from cool to warm\u003c\/i\u003e, a work that incorporates his deepest aesthetic and philosophical concerns. In these lyrically expressive seascapes and landscapes, the icebergs and frigid skies of Norwegian winters are rendered in deep blue, violet, and purple tones. As the sequence gives way to lush female nudes, the palette grows brighter, and there is a virtual explosion of color and form that evokes seasonal changes. The spontaneity and simplicity of these images are expressions of Kiefer's warning against intellectual, as opposed to visceral, understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With splendid reproductions of each of the series' sixty-five watercolors, as well as images from two other books by the artist, this publication demonstrates Kiefer's brilliant use of the book form as a means of artistic expression. 95 color illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Braziller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807615744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.88h x 9.78w x 0.73d","brand":"Anselm Kiefer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403377668277,"sku":"9780807615744","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_77cd68a8-bd56-488d-9873-e2e701e9358d.jpg?v=1774968988","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/erotik-im-fernen-osten-oder-9780807615744","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}