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William Kentridge

born 1955

Ulisse: Echo Scan, Slide, Bottle 1998
© William Kentridge; From Death to Death and Other Small Tales installation photography credits Images courtesy John McKenzie Photography
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Biography

William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. He is especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s, constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second's to two seconds' screen time. A single drawing will be altered and filmed this way until the end of a scene. These palimpsest-like drawings are later displayed along with the films as finished pieces of art.

Kentridge has created artwork as part of design of theatrical productions, both plays and operas. He has served as art director and overall director of numerous productions, collaborating with other artists, puppeteers and others in creating productions that combine drawings and multi-media combinations.

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Artworks

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  • Casspirs Full of Love

    William Kentridge
    1989, published 2000
  • Sleeper - Red

    William Kentridge
    1997
  • Cambio

    William Kentridge
    1999
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  • Dogana

    William Kentridge
    1999
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  • Pensione

    William Kentridge
    1999
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  • Adaptability/Compliance/Silence

    William Kentridge
    1999
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  • Panic/Picnic

    William Kentridge
    1999
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  • Safer Tropics

    William Kentridge
    1999
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