Book with Wings, 1992–94
Lead, tin, and steel
74 3/4 x 208 5/8 x 43 3/8 inches (189.9 x 529.9 x 110.2 cm)
This image of Anselm Kiefer's sculpture, Book with Wings, has gotten into my head in the same way that a song or refrain will. I'm tempted to buy the book that went along with the show, (now past) Heaven and Earth. There's something beautiful and awful and sad and majestic all at once, this book with wings, flying nowhere. The viewer is transported nevertheless. It's an image I don't mind having rattling around in my head for a while.
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