This book presents a new series of paintings by Anselm Kiefer. Surprisingly, their subject matter is a topic from the Christian mythology, the Catholic Mariolatry. In his iconography of the heavenly Kiefer has gone back to exploring domestic territories. His pictures of the Virgin Mary are the first works he created in his new Paris residence. Schirmer/Mosel. With an interview between Anselm Kiefer and Klaus Dermutz. English/German language edition. 136 pages, 54 color plates, 14 color ill., 12 b/w photographs. Size: 24 x 31 cm. Exhibition Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg 2008.