Aperiatur Terra

By (ahem) popular demand...

Saw the newish Anselm Kiefer show at White Cube on Saturday, along with the super 'Babylon' towers at the RA courtyard. (Much better than that Hirst nonsense)

The title of the exhibition, Aperiatur terra, is a quotation from the Book of Isaiah, which translates as ‘let the earth be opened’ and continues ‘and bud forth a saviour and let justice spring up at the same time’. These contrasting themes of destruction and re-creation, violent upheaval and spiritual renewal underpin much of Kiefer’s work.