Over the subsequent fifty or so years, Joyce’s epic work of fiction has never strayed far from Kiefer’s mind, to the extent that he often sees Finnegans Wake in parallel to his own investigations and struggles. Kiefer was profoundly impacted by Finnegans Wake when he first encountered the novel as a young man. New paintings, sculptures and installations will radically transform the galleries in a testament to the artist’s long-standing fascination with James Joyce’s literary masterpiece, Finnegans Wake (1939). © Anselm Kiefer, courtesy Atelier Anselm Kiefer Anselm Kiefer – Finnegans Wake’ is the culmination of an epic trilogy of exhibitions that Kiefer has made for White Cube Bermondsey, which began with ‘Walhalla’ (2016) and was followed by ‘Superstrings, Runes, The Norns, Gordian Knot’ (2019).
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