Judith B Hecker Text (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 72pp; illus; plates. 4to. White paper over boards; printed vellum-like dust jacket. Fine. An exhibition catalog-cum-artist's book by demonstrating the printmaking practice of South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955). Copiously illustrated throughout, including many leaves printed on translucent sheets. With an essay by Judith B. Hecker and an "artist's talk" by Kentridge; also an annotated list of works, printmaking chronology, etc. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. William Kentridge's art brings together drawing, film animation, sculpture and performance. He also applies his astonishing draftsmanship to the techniques of printmaking, including etching, screenprinting, lithography and linoleum cut. In fact printmaking has always been essential to his work, from his earliest forays into artmaking in the 1970s to his recent operas. ?Printmaking has been not just an edge to or a side journey from the work that I've been making over the last 30 years or so,? the artist has said, ?but is very much a key to it.? Kentridge's love of the printed image extends to books, and he often draws and prints on unbound pages from encyclopedias, ledgers and the like. In Trace, both a catalogue of prints from the Museum's collection and an artist's book, Kentridge uses translucent pages interspersed throughout the book to respond to his prints reproduced beneath them, in a dialogue between past and present. The book also includes a lecture by Kentridge on printmaking, illuminating its relevance to his broader practice.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 264 pp., 294 ills. hardcover, with DVD - South African artist William Kentridge (*1955 in Johannesburg) works with a variety of media, such as drawing, sculpture, film, and theater.This publication examines five of the fundamental themes Kentridge examines in his work. Aside from projects that reflect the tensions, conflicts, and transitions in South Africa, the artist s home, the book also focuses on his most well-known characters, the domineering businessman Soho Eckstein, and his alter ego, Felix Teitlebaum, as well as on his stage designs for productions of Mozart s Magic Flute and Shostakovich s The Nose. Kentridge has created a DVD especially for this book. It provides a fascinating look at the artist at work in his studio and includes excerpts from his major film projects.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 264 Seiten, 294 Abb. gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, mit DVD - Die Publikation erforscht fünf grundlegende Themen, mit denen sich Kentridge in seinen Arbeiten auseinandersetzt. Neben Projekten, die die Spannungen, Konflikte und den Wandel in Südafrika der Heimat des Künstlers reflektieren, liegen weitere Schwerpunkte auf den von Kentridge geschaffenen Charakteren, dem herrschsüchtigen Geschäftsmann Soho Eckstein und seinem Alter Ego Felix Teitlebaum, sowie auf seinen Bühnenbildern für die Inszenierungen von Mozarts Zauberflöte und Die Nase von Dmitri Schostakovtisch. Speziell für diesen Band hat Kentridge eine DVD erstellt, die einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Arbeitsweise des Künstlers gibt, indem sie Studioaufnahmen, die den Künstler bei der Arbeit zeigen, sowie Ausschnitte aus bedeutenden Filmprojekten vereint. …