Publisher's Synopsis
On the occasion of the centenary of Rodin's death, Anselm Kiefer was given carte blanche to create works inspired by Rodin. The result of this contemplative dialogue, produced over four years, includes large-scale canvases, large-scale illustrated books worked in plaster, and vitrines filled with a mixture of personal objects, materials, debris, moulds and offcuts from Rodin's working process. These are displayed alongside drawings, sculptures, and plaster casts by Rodin, including works which have not been displayed in public previously. This book accompanies the Kiefer/Rodin: Cathedrals exhibition at Musee Rodin from March 2017 - October 2017 and Philadelphia: Barnes Foundation from mid November 2017 to end March 2018. There is a Rodin retrospective at Grand Palais, Paris, in October 2017.
