My understanding of German unification is general at best. Of all the regions
that comprise the nation, Bradenburg traces the most direct connection between
the area’s permanent settlement in the 8th or 9th century
up to today. It is also where Berlin is located. “Heath of the Bradenburg March”
references the bounty provided the nation state by the allied transit into the
heart of Nazi power, or that of the Nazi war machine disbursing on its attempt
of European conquest. Either way, the “bounty” is total devastation of the
countryside and absolute breaking of the nation state.
The composition has a unique impressionistic effect in how areas of value and diluted color, in combination with stalky lines, blend together to create recognizable areas and details; there are few clearly delineated shapes. Convergence and atmospheric perspective based on proximity in color temperature create pictorial depth. Kiefer sets the stage for this work’s content by building stability using rough texture, diluted color, vague forms and a globally-blended value strategy.
Emptiness occupies the mind. An unmistakable impression of the self-inflicted and total damage the German state visited on itself is communicated. The composition places the viewer in the middle of this wasteland, the road the only reference to any sort of direction. The rough application of textures and generous blending of “thud-like” colors emphasize an impression of death. The ground seems rotten, then air noxious. Kiefer seems to be drawing from the same cynical energy of artists such as Lam and Bacon generated by the meltdown in Europe.
The composition has a unique impressionistic effect in how areas of value and diluted color, in combination with stalky lines, blend together to create recognizable areas and details; there are few clearly delineated shapes. Convergence and atmospheric perspective based on proximity in color temperature create pictorial depth. Kiefer sets the stage for this work’s content by building stability using rough texture, diluted color, vague forms and a globally-blended value strategy.
Emptiness occupies the mind. An unmistakable impression of the self-inflicted and total damage the German state visited on itself is communicated. The composition places the viewer in the middle of this wasteland, the road the only reference to any sort of direction. The rough application of textures and generous blending of “thud-like” colors emphasize an impression of death. The ground seems rotten, then air noxious. Kiefer seems to be drawing from the same cynical energy of artists such as Lam and Bacon generated by the meltdown in Europe.
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