Triumphs and Laments is not only a celebration of William Kentridge's monumental frieze drawn along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome and the performance which inaugurated it, but a guide to one of his most memorable and ambitious projects. Designed with the early Baedekers in mind, this bilingual book acts as an essential component to viewing Kentridge's erased-graffiti figures and understanding the process of their creation, with useful foldouts, a poster, and a leporello of the frieze to accompany the texts. These include a conversation between Carlos Basualdo and the artist and two essays, by Salvatore Settis and Gabriele Guercio, which explore the meaning behind the work and its resonance with the millennia-long history of the city of Rome.
Notes
Published on the occasion of the public project at Piazza Tevere, Rome, 2016.
Language note
In English or Italian.
Other title(s)
Triumphs and laments
ISBN
9783960980223
3960980221
OCLC
966746294
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