Words – A Collation (Hardcover)

An exploration of phrases and excerpts that inspire a major contemporary artist.   Over the past several years, renowned South African artist William Kentridge has made a collection of particular phrases and sentences that have called out to him from the pages of whatever he has been reading. And these phrases, which he has written into a studio notebook titled Words, have been put to work in many of his artistic projects. Kentridge has often begun a project by paging through the notebook, waiting for a phrase to claim its place in the new work. The text excerpts come from many sources: Aimé Césaire, Yehuda Amichai, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Setswana proverbs, the Book of Ecclesiastes, Tristan Tzara’s Dada Manifesto, and a range of eastern European poets. This volume presents a selection made from the notebook, with phrases arranged neither randomly nor with a clear agenda but finding a space in between. Cleverly designed by the artist and beautifully produced, Words is a thought-provoking collection that provides a window to the mind of a contemporary creative genius.  

General

Imprint:	Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	William Kentridge
Dimensions:	287 x 222 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	116
ISBN-13:	978-1-80309-217-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Promotions
LSN:	1-80309-217-3
Barcode:	9781803092171

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