Those who regard Anselm Kiefer as the greatest living artist will see enough proof in his Amsterdam show. Those who find his work journalistic, too full of moralising comment about real events, won’t change their minds either. The title of the exhibition comes from an anti-war song, after all. There are burnt-out uniforms and the Nazi references that he has used for much of his career. “We have a situation now like in 1933 in Germany,” he has said, alluding to contemporary populism.
那些認為安塞爾姆?基弗(Anselm Kiefer)是當世最偉大藝術家的人,會在他于阿姆斯特丹的展覽中找到足夠的證據。而那些覺得他的作品帶有新聞報道色彩、對現實事件充滿道德說教的人,也不會因此改變看法。畢竟,這場展覽的標題就取自一首反戰歌曲。展覽中有燒毀的制服,以及他職業生涯中長期使用的納粹元素。基弗曾表示:“我們現在的處境就像1933年的德國。”他這是在影射當下的民粹主義。