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William Kentridge
Series: Supercontemporanea

By Andrea Lissoni
September 2006
Edizioni Electa
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
9788837043605
108 Pages, Illustrated. 6 3/4 x 8 1/4"
$42.50 Paper

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William Kentridge's animated films offer a unique view of South Africa today, from the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to traces of apartheid's violence in the landscape around Johannesburg. This is the first book to document the work of this extraordinary artist who has gained major international recognition in the 1990s.

The images in Kentridge's films depict political realities, expressed in terms of individual human suffering. The films are composed of patiently reworked drawings; a week's drawing can give rise to just forty seconds of animation. The publication documents the artist's career to date, a survey of Kentridge’s's keyworks, chronology charting new works, significant projects and their critical reception.










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