Anselm Kiefer, at 24, discovers his father's Wehrmacht uniform and decides to tackle the shame of his family's past through art. His early project involved enigmatic photographs of himself in the uniform, embodying the weight of history that the uniform represents. His works exhibit a haunting portrayal of war's impacts, including thick, intense paintings depicting scarred soldiers and references to Nazi ideology. Kiefer's artistry reflects a struggle with the duality of beauty and horror, as he questions the role of art in conveying memories of atrocities while ensuring history is neither forgotten nor repeated.
Kiefer's early project serves as an artistic confrontation with Germany's past, intricately weaving personal history with collective memory to ensure it's neither forgotten nor repeated.
The war is everywhere in his works, demonstrated with haunting portrayals of soldiers and stark representations of historical figures and ideologies that shaped a nation.
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