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Article: Anselm Kiefer at Gagosian. (New York).(painting)
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- Art in America
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- March 1, 2003
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Anselm Kiefer named this exhibition of eight vast paintings and two monumental sculptures "Merkaba," identified in gallery materials as the Divine Chariot, a vehicle to the Hechaloth, the heavenly palaces in mystical Hebraic teachings predating the cabala. In reference to these texts of spiritual attainment, Kiefer inscribes "Sefer Hechaloth" (Book Palace) in charcoal across a massive sculpture of that title (2001). This 23-foot-long work, made of layers of concrete steps, evokes an Israeli armored tank more than a chariot to the heavens--the treads bristle with rebar and are capped by a turret of Kiefer's lead folios.
An adjacent painting of the celestial ...
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