[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7035″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]I prefer a perfect sheet of Rives BFK, baptized in a bath of holy water and dabbed by angels wings, printed with hesitant optimism and an aneurysm when an imperfection emerges, but William Kentridge, he throws it down. That man can work the paper. Torn pieces, inked, and carefully arranged. Look how thoughtful he is with his whimsy. Have you ever heard an artwork mutter? Listen.
Above: William Kentridge, The Full Stop Swallows The Sentence (2012) Hand-printed lithograph (listed also as linocut). Image courtesy Greg Kucera Gallery – http://www.gregkucera.com/past.htm
Below: William Kentridge, Undo, Unsay and Universal Archive
[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7038″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”7039″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]More of Kentridge’s Linocuts from 2012 (photo courtesy David Krut)
http://davidkrutprojects.com/16393/new-linocuts-by-william-kentridge-2012[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7041″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7042,7044,7043″ layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]William Kentridge, Nine Trees, 2012 (Linocut printed on pages from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7045″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The SAL Challenge for Tuesdays is to draw from observation. My suggestion for you today is to draw your bedding. Fall in love with the wrinkles, the rumples, the folds. Tease out the shadows. Go slow. Materials are artist’s choice. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes complete, feel free to continue …
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I posted a V-Note about Casey Klahn’s pastels a while ago, and received a letter of thanks from him. We chatted a bit and I asked him if he’d be willing to teach a workshop at our new school. He asked about the students and …
William Kentridge Prints
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7035″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]I prefer a perfect sheet of Rives BFK, baptized in a bath of holy water and dabbed by angels wings, printed with hesitant optimism and an aneurysm when an imperfection emerges, but William Kentridge, he throws it down. That man can work the paper. Torn pieces, inked, and carefully arranged. Look how thoughtful he is with his whimsy. Have you ever heard an artwork mutter? Listen.
Above: William Kentridge, The Full Stop Swallows The Sentence (2012) Hand-printed lithograph (listed also as linocut). Image courtesy Greg Kucera Gallery – http://www.gregkucera.com/past.htm
Below: William Kentridge, Undo, Unsay and Universal Archive
[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7038″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][image_with_animation image_url=”7039″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]More of Kentridge’s Linocuts from 2012 (photo courtesy David Krut)
http://davidkrutprojects.com/16393/new-linocuts-by-william-kentridge-2012[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7041″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”7042,7044,7043″ layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]William Kentridge, Nine Trees, 2012 (Linocut printed on pages from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)[/vc_column_text][image_with_animation image_url=”7045″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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