Why should I hesitate
By: William Kentridge
Contributors: Nwagbogu, Azu, contributor, writer of foreword; Langtry, Tammy, contributor; Kouoh, Koyo, contributor; Mosquito, Nástio, contributor; Nel, Karel, contributor; Freedberg, David, contributor; Christian, Sven, editor; McIlleron, Anne, editor; Brundyn, Elana, writer of foreword; Martin, Owen, 1985- writer of foreword, editor; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa; Norval Foundation
Publisher: Zeitz MOCAA; Koenig Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Cape Town; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9783960986751; 9780639967325
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Exhibitions; South African Art
Notes: Published in an edition of 1,800 copies.

"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa, 24 August 2019-23 March 2020"--Colophon, volume [1].

"Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture, William Kentridge. Curated by Karel Nel (Lead Curator) and Owen Martin. 24 August 2019 - 23 March 2020, Norval Foundation, Cape Town"--Colophon, volume [2].

"Silkscreen print with lapis lazuli pigment on unique found book page. Eighteen different texts printed, each in an edition of 100. Stamped with the artist's name. Produced for König Books, Köln, on the occasion of the exhibition Why Should I Hesitate at Zeitz MOCAA and Norval Foundation, Cape Town 2019"--On envelope containing print, printed in red ink.

Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work also issued separately.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: [volume 1].; title: Why should I hesitate : putting drawings to work.; title: On technique and memory: a time-lapse of South African history  -- Azu Nwagbogu; title: Questioning the invisible  -- Tammy Langtry; title: From stage to stage : Koyo Kouoh in conversation with William Kentridge --; title: Let us try for once : 15 1/2 thoughts in the library  -- William Kentridge; title: The target and the task : Nástio Mosquito in conversation with William Kentridge --; title: William Kentridge timeline : 1955-2019  -- compiled by Sean O'Toole and Sven Christian; title: Artworks --; title: List of works.; title: [volume 2].; title: Why should I hesitate : sculpture.; title: Foreword  -- Elana Brundyn & Owen Martin; title: Seven keys to Kentridge  -- David Freedberg; title: Selected sketches : William Kentridge's studio notebooks, 1999-2011. -- 1.; title: Early bronze sculpture -- -- 2.; title: Provisional coherence -- -- 3.; title: Kinetic objects -- -- 4.; title: Rebus -- -- 5.; title: Machine for seeing -- -- 6.; title: Table-top heroes -- -- 7.; title: Public works -- -- 8.; title: Substantial shadows -- -- 9.; title: Virtual objects -- -- 10.; title: Trompe-l'oeil -- -- 11.; title: Weighing one's words -- -- 12.; title: Installation --; title: Off-the-cuff to Monumental : William Kentridge : a sculpture chronology  -- Karel Nel; title: Visual index of sculpture practice, 1984-2019.