Cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles

Installation view, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2017 | In this painting from the series Cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles, Anselm Kiefer portrays a desert landscape, onto which he sets black sunflower seeds – a recurring element in the artist’s work. These symbolize fallen stars, black on white, as if they were negative prints. Adding different materials to the surface of the painting, the artist passes beyond the limit between painting and sculpture, seeming to invite the viewer to enter his world.