Art

The art of William Kentridge is striking, enigmatic and intensely pursuing. The way in which he works with the charcoal is essential to making his art as strong as it is. The materials, the tools, which is the charcoal and the surface of the paper, is truly an extension of his hand and his mind's message. His control and his honesty to himself is what makes his work as powerful as it is. There is a sense of nostalgia in his work, his political and social messages can be felt through every tier of society.

I connected deeply to his animated film " Moving Tides" as I will discuss further, the use of human and animal rights in art is a theme which is inspiring to my own work, and something I strongly care about." I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art (and a politics) in which optimism is kept in check, and nihilism at bay." -William Kentridge. He has found this need deep inside o

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His precise and obsessive attention to detail and timing is very important in creating these films yet he also allows for certain nuances to peek through. I believe whether to like Pop Art it depends solely on the taste of the viewer, to appreciate it's contributions is a question with a different reply. (He's a funny guy!) This work I see as innovative. I least of all would want to take Jim Dine's "pop" paintings, their commercial nature was very unappealing. We are greeted by these almost too sweet images, fruit still-lives and landscapes and a series of closed envelopes. It was very interesting to see these beginning stages, I liked their roughness and raw character. The key word to Carol Anthony's work is subtlety. The colors are jarring and crude, the image overplayed and static.

The third gallery exhibit we visited was very different from the latter two but similar in ways.

All in all, William Kentridge's films were incredibly inspirational, and essential to be viewed by anyone who calls themself and artist, I would most want to own a film by him. He says on his own drawings: "The drawings don't start with 'a beautiful mark'. On display in the gallery were his individual drawings that were filmed as part of the series of images put together.

The most I can say about Jim Dine is I was intrigued slightly to see these large paintings in person and the texture was somewhat interesting. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world.

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Moving Tides, Carol Anthony's, William Kentridge, Pop Art, , Sue Coe, Bruxelles Animals, William Kentridge's, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Jim Dine, sue coe, william kentridge, animal rights, kentridge's films,

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