Anselm Kiefer’s work, foremost realised in painting, sculpture and large-scale installation, navigates the immensity of history and visions of humanity, specifically the political inheritances of post-war Germany. For Kiefer, the constructed linearity of history is a fiction where traditions, beliefs and mythologies intertwine in its making. Through heterogenous material and monumental creation, Kiefer’s imposing work considers the inaccessibility of meaning as well as the enormity of collective memory and loss. Central to the artist’s interpretation of the past is its enduring correspondence with the present and future, endowing the artist’s work with restorative qualities of transformation and hope.