From Library Journal
The visceral work of native South African William Kentridge is steeped in the history and culture of his uneasy homeland. Until the mid 1990s, Kentridge was known primarily in South Africa alone, but he has since attracted considerable interest worldwide. This book, which accompanies the first survey exhibition of his work to tour the United States, consists of in-depth essays, a personal interview, and more than 60 pages of well-produced plates. Kentridge has worked on animated films, in theater productions, and in printmaking, but all of his powerful art is deeply rooted in drawing highly expressive charcoal renderings of dark, uncomfortable images that are both serious and ironic. This volume shares images and ideas with two earlier monographs on Kentridge: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's William Kentridge (Soci?t? des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, 1998) and Dan Cameron & others' William Kentridge (Phaidon, 1999). Kentridge is an important voice in art and its expression of social and human issues. Most academic art collections should own either this book or one of the previous publications. Drew Harrington, Pacific Univ. Lib., Forest Grove, OR
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Book Description
This is a richly illustrated catalogue of a major traveling exhibition of acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge.
Kentridge's oeuvre revolves around how our identities are shaped through shifting ideas of history and place: it is an elegiac art that asks for the possibility of visual poetry in contemporary society - and provides a vicious satirical commentary on that society. It presents life as process rather than as fact, and constantly questions the impact of art.
This new Kentridge study includes critical and bibliographical entries; a unique anthology of critical writings on his work; extracts from a monograph on the artist and a new essay by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; excerpts from the artist's own writings; and a new essay by South African writer Jane Taylor.
--Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Kentridge's oeuvre revolves around how our identities are shaped through shifting ideas of history and place: it is an elegiac art that asks for the possibility of visual poetry in contemporary society - and provides a vicious satirical commentary on that society. It presents life as process rather than as fact, and constantly questions the impact of art.
This new Kentridge study includes critical and bibliographical entries; a unique anthology of critical writings on his work; extracts from a monograph on the artist and a new essay by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; excerpts from the artist's own writings; and a new essay by South African writer Jane Taylor.
--Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
