William Kentridge : A Universal Archive

15 Jun-18 Aug 2013

Overview

QUAD’s next exhibition features William Kentridge, one of South Africa's pre-eminent artists. Although best-known for his animated films and drawings, Kentridge is also a prolific printmaker and many of his key themes were first explored in prints. This major exhibition will include 90 prints in all media from 1991 to the present, with a focus on experimental, collaborative and serial works. Kentridge's distinctive use of light and shadow and silhouettes, his concern with memory and perspective, and his absorption in literary texts, are all strongly in evidence. The prints range in scale from intimate etchings and drypoints to linocuts measuring 2.5 metres high. A Universal Archive: William Kentridge as Printmaker is a Hayward Touring exhibition from Southbank Centre, London.