{"product_id":"further-on-nothing-tadeusz-kantors-theatre-9780816654819","title":"Further On, Nothing: Tadeusz Kantor's Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michal Kobialka\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new encounter with the work of a master of avant-garde theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) was one of the twentieth century's most innovative visual artists, stage directors, and theoreticians. His theatre productions and manifestos challenged the conventions of creating art in post-World War II culture and expanded the boundaries of Dada, surrealist, Constructivist, and happening theatre forms. Kantor's most widely known productions--\u003ci\u003eThe Dead Class\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eWielopole, Wielopole \u003c\/i\u003e(1980), \u003ci\u003eLet the Artists Die\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), and \u003ci\u003eToday Is My Birthday\u003c\/i\u003e (1990)--have had a profound impact on playwrights and artists who continue today to engage with his radical theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFurther on, Nothing, \u003c\/i\u003e Michal Kobialka explores Kantor's theatre practice from the critical perspective of current debates about representation, memory, and history. He pursues the intriguing proposition that Kantor gave material form to a theatre practice that defined the very mode of postmodern operation and that many of its theoretical notions are still in circulation. According to Kobialka, Kantor's theatre still offers an answer to reality rather than a portrayal of a utopian alternative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurther on, Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e includes new translations of Kantor's work, presented in conversation with Kobialka's own theoretical analyses, to show us a Kantor who continues to offer--and deliver on--the promise of the avant-garde.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881722761367,"sku":"9780816654819","price":4197.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780816654819.webp?v=1770232217","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/further-on-nothing-tadeusz-kantors-theatre-9780816654819","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}