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Steve Linn
"N'oubliez Pas (Anselm Kiefer)" wall sculpture installation

2021

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About the Item

Cast glass, sandblasted carved glass, cast aluminum and wood. Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, conducting meticulous research on each of his selected subjects and choosing which references to interpret for the piece he then creates. Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor born in 1945, just after the close of WWII. He is of the generation of artists influenced by the artistic approach of Joseph Beuys, whom he encountered as a professor while a student at the Art Academy of Dusseldorf. Kiefer has made it a point throughout his career to remind his viewers to never forget the terrible acts of Germany’s recent past and to make people aware that the awful plague of neo-Nazism continues not only in Germany but in many other societies throughout the world. Kiefer’s somber and often morbid paintings and sculptures make very powerful statements and help communicate his moral center referencing Germany’s past so it will never happen again. Some of these recurring themes -- such as train tracks disappearing into a vanishing point, a door through which one passes never to return, and the empty dresses women left behind once they entered the chambers of death -- are at the center of a large body of his work. On the other hand, wings and books appear in many of the large-scale sculptures. For Linn, the wings represent the mythical phoenix rising up from the ashes and the books evoke a metaphor for the communication of collective knowledge and the redemptive power of art. Linn has brought many of the aforementioned elements into his documentary history of Anselm Kiefer’s artistic practice and invites you to explore them in this work. Contact the gallery for information about purchasing, or to inquire about commissioning a custom documentary sculpture portrait. Steve Linn describes himself as a documentary sculptor, and indeed, his work rests on the meticulous research he conducts on each of his selected subjects and the interpretation of the references he chooses to develop for each one. Yet his definition would seem to leave out the intensity Linn puts into the materiality of the work. His range of preference is vast and often surprising, using wood, glass, bronze, other metals, and now even holograms to depict the clues he gives the viewer about the work and personality of his subject. He most often combines them all and his mastery of each craft is truly impressive. The subjects Linn chooses for his multi-faceted portraits are often visual artists and musicians he admires, but also sports legends, workmen, and craftsmen (and women). Each tableau contains one or several views of the face or torso, first painstakingly drawn and then most often carved from plate glass or cast from a ceramic original via the kiln-formed glass technique. Tools and objects we would easily associate with the person if known to us are added in a careful composition, but Linn does not stop there. His Portraits series, begun over 50 years ago, now includes more elaborate installations and invites the viewer more deeply into the influences and relationships -- webs that creative humans weave.
  • Creator:
    Steve Linn
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 118 in (299.72 cm)Width: 193 in (490.22 cm)Depth: 60 in (152.4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Glen Ellen, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU71214631652

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