First Baptist Church
760 S Westmoreland Ave
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Anselm Kiefer, Palmsonntag, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery
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Mar 30, 2008 – Apr 27, 2008
Wednesdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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Note: This installation runs in tandem with Kiefer's exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery (456 N Camden Dr, 310.271.9400).
Out of 36 glass panels and multiple tonnage of cracked clay and resin, German artist Anselm Kiefer has created an illusion (as well as an allusion) in the form of a giant fake palm tree. Situated in a dusty church gymnasium, the piece demands intellectual inquisitiveness, rather than religious fervor, to process its connection to Palm Sunday, the day Jesus returned to the Holy Land and the eve of his imminent demise. Why bother constructing a fake palm tree in the desert that is LA? Because Kiefer's work, despite his labor-intensive craftsmanship, has always been more about the symbolism of action than action itself.
