[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%”]
Sometimes people send me personal emails in response to my V. Notes. Sometimes those emails include interesting artwork that relates to my post. In response to yesterday’s post about the sumi painter Pan Gongkai, I received an email from Jodi Waltier, a League textiles instructor, including artwork for her upcoming show. Hey Ruthie, … am …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8901″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Last night’s Big League Show was a Big League success, due to the generous contributions of many. There were 198 artworks from 70 artists, and we estimate 150 people attended the reception. The quality of the work was excellent, widely varied in style and content, and incredibly interesting. There …
Monday is composition day in our 30 Day Challenge, and you’re doing great! Today we’re going to work with negative space, and an element of chance to make it fun. You’ll need some string, and simple drawing materials. If you don’t have string, try rubber bands, chopsticks, or bamboo skewers. If you prefer not to …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7935″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In January we did a series of creative challenges. January 15 was “Strange Mail” an invitation to “let standardized paper and implements be darned. Mail us something strange.” And you did! Here is our postman, posing with one of Strange Mail pieces (he had previously shoved it under the door …
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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