William Kentridge : Notes towards a Model Opera (English) (English)

Karen Marta (ed); contributions by Alfreda Murck,Andrew Solomon, Philip Tinari

ISBN 10: 0996215603 / ISBN 13: 9780996215602

Published by Walther König, 2015

About this Item

W : 264 pages, illustrated throughout, 17 x 23 cm - To accompany William Kentridge's (born 1955) Notes Towards a Model Opera project in China, the artist's personal notebooks--filled with annotations, drawings and ideas--were meticulously reproduced in this eponymous publication to allow the reader into Kentridge's own thought process. With an in-depth profile of Kentridge by author Andrew Solomon, and essays by China art historian Alfreda Murck and UCCA director Philip Tinari, Notes Towards a Model Opera is a personal exploration of the layered meanings behind the aesthetics and ideals of socialist China as well as an exploration of the artist himself.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1718877565845

Bibliographic Details

• Title: William Kentridge : Notes towards a Model Opera (English) (English)
• Publisher: Walther König
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996215603
• ISBN 13: 9780996215602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Drawing
  • Installations
  • Essay

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Synopsis

Published with UCCA and Marta and Cosentino.

To accompany William Kentridge's (born 1955) Notes Towards a Model Opera project in China, the artist's personal notebooks--filled with annotations, drawings and ideas--were meticulously reproduced in this eponymous publication to allow the reader into Kentridge's own thought process. With an in-depth profile of Kentridge by author Andrew Solomon, and essays by China art historian Alfreda Murck and UCCA director Philip Tinari, Notes Towards a Model Opera is a personal exploration of the layered meanings behind the aesthetics and ideals of socialist China as well as an exploration of the artist himself.