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Artist a Day:  William Kentridge 

William Kentridge  (b. 1955)

William Kentridge is from South Africa. He is an artist recognized for his prints, drawings, and animated films. The latter are made by filming a picture, making changes, then filming it again.

"The Nose", 2010

Photogravure and drypoint with sugarlift , 16 x 23 in. (40.6 x 58.4 cm.)

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"Portable Monuments",  2010 

10.5 x 16.75 in. (26.7 x 42.5 cm.)

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Best known for his animated drawings, Kentridge's oeuvre has focused on examining the years before and after apartheid.

"Scribble Cat",  2010 

40 x 70 in. (101.6 x 177.8 cm.)

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“Pacing Panther”,  2003 

8.5 x 10.5 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm.), Drypoint Etching

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The artist intertwines his biography with that of fictionalized characters, rendering his distinctive expressive, gestural drawings in black charcoal and ink.

Universal Archive (Ref. 24),  2012 

35 x 27 cm. (13.8 x 10.6 in.)

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It's always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.”  -William Kentridge 

Secateurs, 2010 

11.75 x 12 in. (29.8 x 30.5 cm.), Prints and multiples, Sugarlift aquatint, spitbite aquatint, with etching and drypoint

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What did William Kentridge paint? Kentridge began collaborating with the Handspring Puppet Company in 1992, creating stage performances such as Woyzeck on the Highveld.

The sleeper (red), 1997 

Contemporary Art, Etching, aquatint and drypoint

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Drawing from Il Ritorno d’Ulisse,  1998

Charcoal on paper, Contemporary Art

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What does William Kentridge's art mean? William Kentridge's works differ quite from how animation is typically done. Rather than creating motion by swapping drawings, he erases and alters a single picture while recording it to create movement.

Procession, 2021

16.5 x 35.5 in. (41.9 x 90.2 cm.)

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“Eight Figures”, 2010 

42 x 81 in. (106.7 x 205.7 cm.)

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