Publication

2018-01-26 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100520290550
  • ISBN-139780520290556
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017033918
  • OCLC Control Number981118119
  • Better World Books9780520290556
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Classifications

  • LCCN7396.K45M325 2017
  • LCCN7396.K45 M325 2018

Description

"What does it mean to render the processes of making art--cutting, pasting, and projecting light--as a series of metaphors for how we think and how we live? And why would an artist embark on such an enterprise? This book considers how renowned artist William Kentridge spins the material operations of the studio into a web of politically astute and historically grounded metaphors, likening erasure to forgetting, comparing animation to the flux of history, and marshaling drawing as a form of nonlinear argument. Placing Kentridge's visual vocabulary and unorthodox methods of production in the context of South Africa's histories of change, Leora Maltz-Leca explores studio process in all of its metaphoric and philosophical dimensions"--Provided by publisher.

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