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...Kiefer's work is, in a sense, much more traditional than Beuys'. He is the modern incarnation of the grand-scale history painter, producing didactic machines rather than the ephemeral and koan-like events (talking to a dead hare, sweeping a pavement) that were Beuys' specialty. Kiefer wants to involve his audience completely in the drama of the painting's construction; in this respect, he has learned a lot from the example of Jackson Pollock. As when deciphering the web of drips and mottlings in one of Pollock's "all-over" abstractions, the eye crawls its way across a Kiefer...
...shooting at me. A soldier, his face hidden in the shadow of his helmet, raised an automatic rifle and fired. His bullets were hitting everywhere, and the fragments of glass and pavement were bouncing off my body. I have never been so aware of anything as I was at that moment...
...scene in the palace is dismal. Within the courtyard, acres of wisteria blooms seem lacklustre and inanimate. Even the thick gold pavement on the garden path seems to have lost its sheen. The heads of traitorous peasants bob wearily on poorly-maintained pikes. Entering the main hall, I find the prince sprawled, seemingly in despair, on top of a large pile of wrinkled and soiled currency...
...They were the dawn patrol in Spads and Sopwith Pups, cruising in perfect formation, hats raised over their heads in exuberance and defiance of common sense, steering by the seats of their pants and the exquisite balance God gave such young animals. They would take the stretch of rippled pavement with whoops of joy, as if they were World War I aces plunging through the cumulus clouds over St.-Mihiel, round the corner with hardly a glance down, whish by Ord Martin's garage and then bank left for the dive downhill on the Red Baron's Flying Circus...
...Three bodies were on the pavement, and the rest of the people were either standing around, sitting or lying down. Most were pretty cut up, even those not injured seriously...