Is Kiefer one of the great artists of our time…..certainly YES!
Is the Kiefer exhibition at Museum Voorlinden worth visiting? My personal answer is no. Far too crowded,. too many objects in one and the same room and expensive at euro 22 ,00 per person. Because of the many people present you can not take a distance from the large objects, showcases and paintings. It felt so crowded that it was unpleasant and after half an hour we decided to leave the museum. One of my personal observations was the analogy i felt with the 90’s and 00’s paintaings by Frank van Hemert.
Left and right are van Hemert paintings from the late 90’s and 00’s in the middle there is a work by Kiefer ca. 1996/97
I really love these sunflower paintings . whoever the artist, both convince me being great art. The large Kiefer paintings are very worth visiting at Voorlinden however , the bicycle objects and large showcases can not convince me and because they are over half the exhibition i thought it a disappointing visit.
All paintings , objects and cases deserve space and because this is limited at Voorlinden and the spaces were shared with far too many people the overall experience was disappointing.
The exhibition can be visited until the 25th of February and for those seeking catalogs on this artist please visit www.ftn-books.com
Here are some photographs i took at the exhibition:
