William Kentridge : thick time / editors, Iwona Blazwick and Sabine Breitwieser.
By: Kentridge, William [author, artist]
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Contributor(s): Blazwick, Iwona [editor.] | Breitwieser, Sabine [editor.] | Whitechapel Art Gallery [host institution.] | Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark) [host institution.] | MdM Salzburg [host institution.] | Whitworth Art Gallery [host institution.].
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BookPublisher: London : Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780854882502 (paperback); 0854882502.Other title: Thick time.Uniform titles: Works. Selections Subject(s): Kentridge, William, 1955- -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 709.2 KEN | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
William Kentridge (born 1955) is a beloved figure, heralded for his work in drawing, film animation, sculpture and performance. Published to accompany a major exhibition which tours to four venues in Europe, William Kentridge: Thick Time undertakes an overview of the artist's recent works, focusing on a sequence of five key pieces dating from 2003 to 2015. These encompass three immersive audiovisual installations, including The Refusal of Time , selected works on paper, and ideas for theatre and opera design.
The fully illustrated monograph includes new critical writings on each of the works presented by venue curators Iwona Blazwick and Sabine Breitwieser; Michael Juul Holm, head of publications at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Harvard art historian Joseph Koerner; Denise Wendel, a writer interested in the relationship between art, theater and music; and influential Harvard postcolonial studies academic Homi Bhabha. The volume also features a selected exhibition history and bibliography.
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 21st September 2016-15th January 2017; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, 16th February-18th June 2017; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, 29nd July-5th November 2017; and the Whitworth, University of Manchester, 21st September 2018-3 March 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-252) and filmography (page 244).
Introduction / Iwona Blazwick, Sabine Breitwieser, Poul Erik T©ıjner, Maria Balshaw -- 7 fragments for Georges Méliès, Day for night and Journey to the moon, 2003 -- Nine fragments for nine films / Iwona Blazwick -- Tapestries, 2009-2012 -- A collaboration with Stephens Tapestry Studio / Joseph Leo Koerner -- The refusal of time, 2012 -- Poincaré's present / Michael Juul Holm -- Second-hand reading, 2013 / William Kentridge -- More sweetly play the dance, 2015 -- The rights of strangers / Homi K. Bhabha -- Lulu, 2015 -- Le théâtre est son double / Denise Wendel-Poray -- Notes towards a model opera, 2015 -- Peripheral thinking : a lecture / William Kentridge -- O sentimental machine, 2015 -- Performing the archive of history in shorthand / Sabine Breitwieser
William Kentridge is one of South Africa's pre-eminent artists - internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, theatre and opera productions. His work draws on varied sources, including philosophy, literature, early cinema, theatre and opera to create a complex universe in which he explores time, history and revolutionary politics. This publication accompanies his first solo museum exhibition in the UK for over 15 years and showcases his most recent and current work
Author notes provided by Syndetics
William Kentridgewas born in 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he continues to live and work. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Carnegie, and is represented by the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York. A major retrospective co-organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago recently toured the U.S. and appeared in Capetown, South Africa. In 2005 his production of The Magic Flute opened at La Monnaie opera house in Brussels, Belgium.
Homi Bhabhais a central figure in cultural studies and has been invited to to deliver lectures around the world at important institutions, including The University of London, England, whilst holding a more permanent position at the University of Chicago and Harvard University since 1997.