Peering into the void: Fiennes inside Kiefer’s complex in 2008
Sophie Fiennes’ documentary on Anselm Kiefer, “Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow”, is released in UK cinemas this month after a showcase at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The director spent more than two years filming the artist at work in his complex at Barjac near Avignon in the south of France. Kiefer had invited Fiennes to document his final days at the immense studio-cum-installation, as he prepared to finally abandon the site before moving back to Paris. The title is borrowed from the Biblical story of Lilith, an interest of Kiefer’s, and refers to the fact that the site is now semi-derelict.
Iain Millar
The Art newspaper
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November 21, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Ben McKernan
hi
interesting article. what do you mean by semi derelict? has he permanently moved to paris now?