Sick ArtAnselm Kiefer · 1974
Expressionism
1974
20.0 x 24.0 cm
Kiefer returned to his photographs of northern Norway for inspiration here, infecting this picturesque fjord with bright pink sores in heavy gouache. The title, Kranke Kunst, inscribed on the border, connotes the infamous 1937 Munich exhibition "Entartete ‘Kunst’"(Degenerate "Art"), for which the Nazis assembled more than 650 modern works from German public collections in order to demonstrate that such art was unacceptable, sick, and "un-German." Ironically, the subject here is the very land that, through medieval Icelandic literature (the Edda), is known as the chief source of knowledge about German mythology.
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About this artwork
- Title: Sick Art
- Artist: Anselm Kiefer
- Year: 1974
- Original dimensions: 20.0 x 24.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Movement: Expressionism
- Creative period: Early Period
- Keywords: nazi art history, kranke kunst”, "symbolic painting"
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia
Questions & Answers
In which year and which movement was "Sick Art" made?
"Sick Art" was made in 1974, within the Expressionism movement.
Who created "Sick Art"?
"Sick Art" is attributed to Anselm Kiefer.
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How old was Anselm Kiefer when creating "Sick Art" in 1974?
When "Sick Art" was created in 1974, Anselm Kiefer - born in 1945 - was 29 years old.
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"Sick Art" by Anselm Kiefer was created in 1974.