Six Drawing Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
William Kentridge
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Description for Six Drawing Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
Hardcover. Art, William Kentridge says, is its own form of knowledge. It does not simply supplement the real world, and cannot be purely understood in the rational terms of academic disciplines. The studio is where linear thinking is abandoned and the material processes of the eye, the hand, the charcoal and paper become themselves the guides of creativity. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Over the last three decades, the visual artist William Kentridge has garnered international acclaim for his work across media including drawing, film, sculpture, printmaking, and theater. Rendered in stark contrasts of black and white, his images reflect his native South Africa and, like endlessly suggestive shadows, point to something more elemental as well. Based on the 2012 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, Six Drawing Lessons is the most comprehensive collection available of Kentridge’s thoughts on art, art-making, and the studio.
Art, Kentridge says, is its own form of knowledge. It does not simply supplement the real world, and it cannot ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
487g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674365803
SKU
V9780674365803
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99-50
About William Kentridge
William Kentridge is an artist who lives and works in Johannesburg.
Reviews for Six Drawing Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
[This] is an enlightening, circuitous, and self-reflexive performance that delves into [Kentridge’s] greatest obsessions in the realms of art, politics, history, and image-making… Kentridge discusses topics including Plato’s cave allegory (a subject that looms over much, if not all, of the book), Africa’s colonies, and the violence of the Enlightenment. He delivers sharp insights into the history and character of ... Read more