Remember, You Are an Artist, Not a Scholar. Six Drawing Lessons by William Kentridge

Massimiliano Ciammaichella

doi:10.26375/disegno.8.2021.22

Authors

Massimiliano Ciammaichella Department of Architecture and Arts, Iuav University of Venice,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26375/disegno.8.2021.22

Abstract

The extraordinary endeavour of William Kentridge is the testimony of an intense, many years and productive work that relates to the dynamics of a complexity located in the cultural and political context of belonging, so being able to interpret it means being confronted with a visual universe capable of reflecting a precise personal need, in privileging the medium of drawing and in the freedom to hybridize it with cinema and theatre (read more).

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