Research Catalog

Title

William Kentridge : thick time / editors, Iwona Blazwick and Sabine Breitwieser.

Author

Kentridge, William, 1955-

Publication

• London : Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2016.
• New York, N.Y. : ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blazwick, Iwona
• Breitwieser, Sabine
• Whitechapel Art Gallery, host institution.

Description

256 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• Thick time

Subjects

• Artists
• Artists > South Africa > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• South Africa
• Kentridge, William, 1955- > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Whitechapel Gallery, London, September 21, 2016-January 15 2017, and touring to three other venues.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-252) and filmography (page 244).

Contents

Introduction / Iwona Blazwick, Sabine Breitwieser, Poul Erik Tøjner, 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.

Call Number

JQF 17-270

ISBN

• 9780854882502
• 0854882502

OCLC

947795284

Author

Kentridge, William, 1955- artist.

Title

William Kentridge : thick time / editors, Iwona Blazwick and Sabine Breitwieser.

Publisher

London : Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2016.

Distributor

New York, N.Y. : ARTBOOK/D.A.P.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-252) and filmography (page 244).

Local Note

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE BY SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST. CO-PUB W/ MUSEUM DER MODERNE, SALZBURG, ETC.

Added Author

Blazwick, Iwona, editor.

Breitwieser, Sabine, editor.

Whitechapel Art Gallery, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-270