WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: ANATOMIE ATELIÉRU

This book by William Kentridge contains the complete transcripts of his talks from the Slade Lectures series held at the University of Oxford in 2024, supplemented with photographs and illustrations. The lectures combine the artist’s personal experiences and an analytical approach, thus making them a unique guide to the work of one of the most influential artists of our time. In six chapters, the author reflects on the birth of an idea, the role of error and revision, and the transformation of a fragment into a finished work. Autobiographical memories of his Jewish family background and growing up in South Africa during apartheid are interwoven with philosophical reflections on art, myth, and human existence. The book also includes a foreword to the lectures by renowned Dutch poet Alfred Schaffer and a curatorial text by Christelle Havranek for William Kentridge: The Battle Between YES and NO, the first comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work in the Czech Republic.

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CZECH VOLUME
Author: William Kentridge
Translation: Jana Hlávková
Texts: Ivana Goossen, Christelle Havranek, Alfred Schaffer
Graphic design: Oliver Barstow, Jaroslav Vlček (Stará škola)

Number of pages: 252
Dimensions: 140 × 235 mm
Binding: hardcover with dust jacket
Language: Czech
ISBN: 978-80-909820-0-0

Publishers: Kunsthalle Praha
Release: April 2026

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