Author: Kentridge, WilliamThis collection presents Kentridge’s dynamic art practice, which originates in charcoal drawing and expands into intersections with film, sculpture, opera, theatre, printmaking and other mediums. Organised chronologically and thematically, this book emphasises Kentridge’s destabilising of South African and global narratives through openness to uncertainty, the generative power of the artist’s studio and perpetual change, all as conditions for illuminating silenced voices in historical records.An essay by curator Ed Schad is presented along with studio photography, archival material and illuminating illustrations of Kentridge’s work, joining essays by globally recognised literary figures and thinkers Zakes Mda and Claudia Rankine. Notably, the volume features a series of conversations between Kentridge and several cultural leaders including famous film and sound editor Walter Murch.The work of William Kentridge has been seen in museums and galleries around the world since the 1990s, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Musée du Louvre in Paris, Whitechapel Gallery in London, Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, the Kunstmuseum in Basel and Zeitz MOCAA and the Norval Foundation in Cape Town. Opera productions include Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Shostakovich’s The Nose and Alban Berg’s operas Lulu and Wozzeck. In 2016 Kentridge founded the Centre for Less Good Idea in Johannesburg, a space for responsive thinking and making through experimental, collaborative and cross-disciplinary art practices. The centre hosts an ongoing program of workshops, public performances and mentorship activities.ISBN 9781636810669. DelMonico Books/The Broad. hb. 288 pages. 250 colour, 50 b/w ills. 27 x 21 cm.available
