Royal Academy

At the Royal Academy we went to see Anselm Kiefer Exhibition. He was born in Germany 1945. He is inspired by the form poets philosophers, science and writer through out his life. He's a self-taught artist. His influence are Vincent Van Gogh, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol and Casper David Freidrich. Each element of his work is loaded with symbolism.

When I saw this piece of his work I was really fascinated by the abstract deform and the texture. So I drew some part of it with a bio pen because I wanted to get the quite messy and distressed finish he has in his work. However it was quite hard to draw because I was confused on where to start as the work is mainly full with texture instead of lines. However, I like the broken, curvy distressed and muted colours. The flower in the middle seem to to be the focal point when you look at it. It is quite balanced. The monochrome colours seem to stand out quite well against the wash-out colours. The use of these dark colours say that the work was meant for people to feel sympathy and sorrow. The lines are distinct. Looking closer the work look very depressing, mysterious and quite violent looking at the flower in the middle stabbing the man in the legs. Complicating pains as well power.  The blood dripping from the bed arms and off the flowers root might be consider as blood.

Although I like his work but I do not like this artists way of working which was a huge disappointment as I was looking forward to getting some inspiration from his works for my self direct study.