In the studio with artist Anselm Kiefer

In this web exclusive CBS News gets a glimpse at the labors of German artist Anselm Kiefer, considered one of the world's most important living painters. Kiefer, now 73, is seen working in his studio outside Paris, where he applies molten lead to his canvases.
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[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

For those who don't know/understand why he's applying molten lead to his canvases, he does this as a way to remove the paint from the pre-painted canvases. If he's satisfied with the resulting works, he makes wall-hanging pieces out of them which blur the line between painting and sculpture.

[@unbroken1010]

Yeah we get it

[@vi.yourbae]

thanks!

[@raycooper3269]

His work is mostly powerful if not pretty.

[@NoorVatsalaBharti]

So much oil paint is wasted underneath

[@LuizArduiniDesign]

This is unbelievable work! The way of layering textures and creating alternate dimensions on a flat surface is epic.

[@zedianzediessi]

And here in the corner, let’s just put some happy little lead!

[@mayormc]

I have always liked his work but this is one of the craziest things I've seen. Reminds me a bit of Richard Serra launching molten metal into the corners of a room. Very interesting indeed.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

(@2:52): My favorite part of this video -- when Kiefer whistles while he works (or plays, rather)!

[@letmetellyousomething123]

The power of Kieffer's work is in the history of it assembly. How he uncovers truth through that assemblage you can never ignore it once you come across it.

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Anselm Kiefer owns a vast property in southern France which has been, over years and decades, transformed into a studio/park, now opened to the public. He has made tons of money in his lucrative quest to reinvent geology and history.

[@Cactuspractice12]

this guy has got being a fine artist down to a fine art

[@michaelnapper2380]

The real art is those pants that he's wearing....

[@pinoyotv6504]

agree😂

[@unbroken1010]

You bored.🤷

[@hd-xc2lz]

Probably fairly warm in there, and Germans have an aversion to shorts.

[@mrgops-np4vi]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@hotlanta5521]

*_My favorite artist, Kiefer is genius_* 👍👍👍

[@unbroken1010]

I would not go that far....

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@unbroken1010 😁😁😁

[@jackiemacleod7890]

great protective slippers!

[@IanMartin-vb3im]

I've got some paint brushs this dudes got a forklift truck 😂

[@pinoyotv6504]

Madness

[@Chron_Dawg78]

“Worth it” - planet earth

[@franciskodankandath210]

❤❤❤Artist Francis Antony Kodankandath, Kerala, India 🎉

[@Deepleee]

Kiefer my love

[@shiva6104]

Legend says....This art called "Terminator T1000 "

[@olivernjoku3110]

What kind of material is used as " canvas"??

[@WOWTODAZ]

Love his pants

[@angunyan-z4c]

What's the specific material of the silver hot

[@vi.yourbae]

whats the name of the painting in this vid?

[@rickprol-pc8ds]

Great Artist. After Beuys he's the man!!!!!!!!

[@appletongallery]

Isn’t he a bit overrated? All of his work looks like a wound to me. It’s not life, it’s an injury of life.

[@rickprol-pc8ds]

No, I don't think he's overrated at all. If you have seen the work, I mean really seen the work, one can not but be overwhelmed and impressed. SEE IT IN THE FLESH, not on a screen or a book. They are master works of a high order and it's rare. I have seen work since the early 80s and he always delivers. His contemporaries in Germany also really something like Lupertz and Baselitz, Penck, Immendorf all very great artists. @@appletongallery

[@victoriaviola143]

G. Richter!!!

[@nancykahn4125]

Keep an open mind, Nancy...

[@daidavies6210]

You are absolutely correct, They don’t even have the sense to wear Masks , Or protective Clothing in case of splash backs …This extremely TOXIC … This process was banned in Hat making , As the hat makers would go mad , Mad as a hatter .

[@heraldeventsandfilms5970]

It isn't Mercury.

[@mathieuduprat7124]

I want to see the final result

[@thevet2009]

I like to know where I can get that cool white pants?!

[@unbroken1010]

I always wonder if at some point in the artist becoming an artist on this type of level

[@alex_jermaine]

When you get rich lol. No, seriously

[@unbroken1010]

@@alex_jermaine I'm trying being a blue chip seems impossible now..

[@alex_jermaine]

@@unbroken1010 wym?

[@AudiobookLibrary24-7]

Cool!

[@cliffdariff74]

Seems I bit too much resouces going into an end product..

[@paulinoaboitiz2133]

How do you say "toxic fumes" in german?

[@SpazierwegOhm]

Man sagt,, giftige Dämpfe,,

[@christinemanuel7477]

Thats got to be a very heavy canvas and I'm thinking doesn't it burn a hole through the canvas

[@daisykarnas7928]

I think he uses board not canvas

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@daisykarnas7928 Some of the lead paintings are on canvas, but yes you'd assume any heavy pour of lead would require board. In terms of the burning risk, lead cools quite quickly relative to other metals.

[@robertalanza7151]

Complimenti

[@bananartista]

hot art!

[@randygeyer7673]

When you’re a millionaire artist you can wear really big pants.

[@ibodhidogma]

Big Boy Pants. Literally.

[@artakka3690]

Good

[@sijon6019]

excellent😍😍😍😍

[@alex_jermaine]

I had a thought while watching his process... He uses extremely toxic materials destructive to both humans and the environment yet we find ourselves drawn to the end result. Even forcing some of us to tap deeper into our own nature and the nature of life itself. Am I the only one that sees his artistic work as an oxymoron?

[@ziraprod6090]

everything is destructive to both humans and animals - it depends on what you do with it.

[@djo-dji6018]

There's more to life than mere matter.

[@cirimaxg651]

Bad ! : we do not even see the finished "works"!

[@boredgrass]

*"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble..." *You know who, April 1611

[@marcdenis_mosan]

et puis il se met à siffloter un petit coup car c'est un multi millionnaires cool qui nage dans la peinture pompier à grandes brassées essayant de voir par quelles nouvelles dimensions il lui serait possible de sentir quelque chose comme par exemple s'il a oui on non dépassé la mégalomanie qu'il avait déjà atteinte il y a plus de vingt années mais plus il avance, moins il ressent quoique ce soit ; c'est ainsi qu'il est inexorablement entrainé à viser de plus en plus le gigantisme innaccessible de sa propre ruine intérieure s'élargissant toile après toile, dégoulis de croutes après dégoulis de croutes. Mais attention, ce n'est pas juste de l'abstraction ni juste de la figuration, c'est beaucoup plus que cela.

[@user-ut4do5ji4j]

Flowers turn to stone

[@gregorylent]

a logical extension :-)

[@randalllake2785]

Is anything art..

[@unbroken1010]

Yes and no. Hip hop is a scam.

[@blackeesh463]

@@unbroken1010 in what way is hip hop specifically a scam?

[@gummybeargummybear5722]

All the workers are wearing masks...

[@unbroken1010]

Okay and here it's actually necessary as opposed to right now where did serves no purpose

[@gummybeargummybear5722]

@@unbroken1010 Kiefer does not wear a mask while working with the metal but all the workers do, that what I was getting at. Maybe the smoking cancels fumes from metal.

[@LemonWedgeinc]

@@gummybeargummybear5722 probably doesnt help that its led that he's pouring

[@seanazon7673]

I think I lost brain cells just watching this. So toxic!

[@istabraqrafea5432]

Excellent garbage

[@claudemontes]

Very toxic ....no bueno.....

[@pennywise5095]

Only artist whos work is more toxic then the comments on it.

[@marleylevon]

What a waste of material 🤦‍♀️

[@hayfire2]

Disgusting and unsafe.

[@unbroken1010]

So is most of the food you crammed down your mouth but doesn't seem to stop you. So it's hip hop, and video games and I can make a very long list but it stop any of you. The fact that you take a straw and a bag to pick up a can of soda. The fact that you buy all your little Chinese food and throw out the condiments and plastic silverware you don't use. Incredibly disgusting and dangerous.