This groundbreaking monograph explores the studios of the important and controversial artist Anselm Kiefer, demonstrating the key role they play in his artistic creations.

Gaining entry to an artist's atelier is a rare privilege. Beyond its obvious practical function as a production and storage space, a painter's studio is also a physical representation of the mind and memory of the artist, where living and working spaces combine.

In this superbly illustrated volume, Danièle Cohn, who has worked alongside Anselm Kiefer for many years, explains the central role the artist's studios play in his creative process. She reveals how Kiefer's ateliers-their layout and organization, as well as their location-are intrinsic to his work as a painter and sculptor. Readers-by gaining rare access inside Kiefer's ateliers around the world-will discover the influence the various studio spaces have on the creation of Kiefer's works.

From the attic of a former school and a disused brickyard in Germany, via an atelier in the rural south of France or the urban setting of the Marais in Paris, to his studio in Croissy-Beaubourg on the outskirts of the French capital, readers are invited inside where they can discern, in situ, how Anselm Kiefer's workspaces have left an imprint on his art.