Ep. 48 - Anselm Kiefer's "Margarete" and "Sulamith" (1981)
b"The art of postwar German artist Anselm Kiefer and the poetry of Holocaust survivor Paul Celan have a lot in common. They\\u2019re both layered, dense, hard to read, and most of the time you\\u2019re not quite sure if you get it. And while this might seem like an onerous way to understand history, sometimes the best starting point is through the layered, dense, and idiosyncratic ways that an individual processes trauma. So grab a spelunking hardhat and together we'll mine these layers of metaphor and materials, texture and text, golden straw and blackened ash, that comprise the unimaginable.\\n\\nThis episode was produced with support from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Learn more at www.sfmoma.com.\\n\\nSee the images:\\nhttps://bit.ly/31gUSwW\\n\\nMusic used:\\nThe Blue Dot Sessions, \\u201cThe Bus at Dawn,\\u201d \\u201cSilky,\\u201d Drone Pine,\\u201d \\u201cTiny Bottles,\\u201d \\u201cInamorata,\\u201d \\u201cTapoco,\\u201d \\u201cThe Summit,\\u201d \\u201cCirrus,\\u201d \\u201cDerailed,\\u201d \\u201cInsatiable Toad,\\u201d \\u201cDolly and Pad,\\u201d \\u201cA Pleasant Strike\\u201d\\n\\nJohn Williams, performed by Itzhak Perlman & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, \\u201cTheme from Schindler\\u2019s List\\u201d\\n\\nSupport the show:\\nwww.patreon.com/lonelypalette"