The question Kiefer asks is: when do we have this heightened awareness of the scope of the universe?

A number of his paintings are made with charcoal. Kiefer shows not just destructive forces, but rejuvenation. The landscape is ravaged, but it will one day become very fertile.

There's chaos to the universe. But there's also drawn lines of the constellations for us to make some sense.

Her generation lived through two world wars and lost. She represents a hopeless identity of people in the wake of World War II.

The attic offers an idea of memory. It also asks: how can we explain the past?

The buildings of the Third Reich had a very strong neo-classic design. They were supposed to last for a long time.