William Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again.
Below are several short videos by Kentridge with a focus on philosophy and his process. Click here for a selection of longer works. The first video is based on the 2012 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, the book SIX DRAWING LESSONS is the most comprehensive collection available of Kentridge’s thoughts on art, art-making, and the studio. The following are self interviews, and conversations about making art.
We started the challenge with a self portrait, and we ended by drawing the place where you make art. I enjoyed getting to glimpse into everyone’s spaces, especially after getting to know you a little in your posts. Seeing your spaces, I felt that we were all a bit closer, even though we may not …
Five Things You Might Not Know About Egon Schiele Egon Schiele, Standing Nude with Stockings, 1914 In his twenty-eight years on earth, Egon Schiele produced some of the most radical depictions of the human figure in modern times. Through his highly expressive, utterly uncompromising portraiture, he shoved away the parameters of self-expression, procreation, sexuality, eroticism and mortality …
Some Pretty Paintings A collection of figures and flowers in paintings and prints Show opens January 5, 2019 Show up through January 27th Artist Talk Saturday, January 5th (3:30-4:30pm) Opening Reception to follow (5-7pm) Smith & Vallee Gallery 5742 Gilkey Ave, Edison (360) 766-6230 Open Daily 11-5 www.smithandvalleegallery.com If you’d like to have one of these original …
Lendy and I met this evening and painted little studies in preparation for the upcoming workshop Paint like Alice Neel. We had League model/instructor Mark MacKenzie dress up in a suit and tie, and sat him in my new (old) green chair. It’s shabby and low to the ground, so he looked angular and awkward, …
William Kentridge: A Drawing Lesson
https://youtu.be/tyndlMIgbnU https://youtu.be/5_UphwAfjhk https://youtu.be/m1oK5LMJ3zY https://youtu.be/ja4Wk7g6sdE https://youtu.be/nxGrazdl9WY
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