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Words - A Collation

By William Kentridge

Words - A Collation

By William Kentridge

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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.  
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
116
Release Date:
2023-05-10
Publication Date:
2023-05-10
Publisher:
Seagull Books London Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1803092173
ISBN13:
9781803092171
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
620 g
Height:
221 cm
Width:
282 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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