William Kentridge. Thick Time

Renowned for his animated expressionist drawings and film projections, South African artist William Kentridge (1955 Johannesburg) combines consummate draughtsmanship with theatrical brio in his multi-media installations. His experiments with drawing, film, opera, tapestry, stage design, mime, music, and dance are brought together in the immersive environments featured in this book.

Exploring the impact of revolution, colonialism and exile, Kentridge’s musical dramas move between the epic and the everyday; and between exuberance and tragedy. Time–looped, fragmented, reversed–is his medium. Eight major bodies of work across different media and dating from 2003 until 2016, are illustrated with preparatory drawings, models, stills and installations shots; and discussed by key international curators, theorists, and the artist himself.

This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name by William Kentridge, which was on view at Whitechapel Gallery, London (September 2016–January 2017), at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg (July–November 2017), the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (February–June 2017), and The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (September 2018–March 2019).