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marzo 18, 2021 - Gagosian Gallery

Anselm Kiefer on Gagosian Premieres

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For the fifth episode of Gagosian Premieres, we celebrate Anselm Kiefer: Field of the Cloth of Gold—a new exhibition at Gagosian, Le Bourget—with a conversation between the artist and art historian James Cuno and a debut ballet performance by Hugo Marchand and Hannah O'Neill, choreographed by Florent Melac and set to music composed by Steve Reich.In this exhibition, across fields of golden corn and ominous skies, the artist conjures the palpable sense of treading through landscape.

Completed over the past two years, the monumental paintings—whose scale reflects the actual landscapes they depict—evoke the stories of history.

In this episode of Gagosian Premieres, #jamescuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, speaks to the artist in an exclusive interview about the inextricable relationship between history and place that animates the works on view.

Hugo Marchand and Hannah O'Neill—principal dancer and first soloist, respectively, at the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris—perform original choreography by #florentmelac in the gallery. Set to Steve Reich's "Duet," a contemplative composition scored for two solo violins and a string ensemble, the dance was created in direct response to Kiefer's exhibition of monumental paintings in the vast Jean Nouvel–designed former airplane hangar.

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