[image_with_animation image_url=”7035″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] 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
[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%”] More of Kentridge’s Linocuts from 2012 (photo courtesy David Krut)
” load_in_animation=”none William Kentridge, Nine Trees, 2012 (Linocut printed on pages from Shorter Oxford English Dictionary) [image_with_animation image_url=”7045″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
In recent posts, we talked about Cezanne’s process. In particular, we talked about the process seen in Cezanne’s drawings. Yesterday, in figure drawing class, we looked at how Cezanne tends to make short marks when he draws. Those short marks accumulate into longer contours and form descriptions, but they don’t trap or the whole object …
Today is the Memory/Imagination day of our 30 Day Creative Challenge. Look at “The Desperate Man” by Gustave Courbet. Your challenge today is to imagine what he’s looking at, and recreate that. Medium is artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, collage, assemblage, assemble a diorama, or dress in drag. Set a timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes, continue if you wish, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7643″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Bruce Nauman, Failing to Levitate in My Studio, 1966. In art school I learned about the clever and funny Bruce Nauman. In particular, I learned about a series for which he said (I’m paraphrasing broadly) “I am an artist, therefore everything I do is art, therefore this is art.” And …
A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth. The moon has not been this close to the Earth since January 26th, 1948. The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be November 25th, 2034. [image_with_animation image_url=”3045″ alignment=”” animation=”None Clouds come from time …
William Kentridge Prints
[image_with_animation image_url=”7035″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] 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
[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%”] More of Kentridge’s Linocuts from 2012 (photo courtesy David Krut)
http://davidkrutprojects.com/16393/new-linocuts-by-william-kentridge-2012 [image_with_animation image_url=”7041″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
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