William Kentridge, Lekkerbreek (2013). Linocut on Universal Technological Dictionary (or Familiar Explanation of the Terms) used in all Arts and Sciences by George Crabb. 182.9 x 121.3 x 5.1 cm (framed). © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.
William Kentridge, Mantegna (2016). Edition of 12 plus 4 artist's proofs. Woodcut printed from 12 woodblocks onto 21 sheets of various sizes of Somerset Soft. 215.6 x 213.4 x 7 cm (framed). © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.
William Kentridge‘s show of prints at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York is nothing short of a spectacle.
Lekkerbreek reveals Kentridge’s long-standing fascination with trees as a subject, which he paints and prints over dictionary paper.
Lekkerbreek trees are indigenous to Southern Africa, and through placing them within the context of words, they recall a series of associations relating back to Kentridge’s childhood.
Touching on themes of procession, history, and memory, the woodcut print Mantegna reimagines Andrea Mantegna’s painting Triumphs of Caesar (1484–192), as a means of expressing the weight of one’s history.
Main image: William Kentridge, Lekkerbreek (2013). Linocut on Universal Technological Dictionary (or Familiar Explanation of the Terms) used in all Arts and Sciences by George Crabb. 182.9 x 121.3 x 5.1 cm (framed). © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.
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