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William Kentridge

Journey to the center of the body

William Kentridge works with an unusual technique. Instead of making multiple drawings and projecting them sequentially, he begins his films with a single drawing and then erases and modifies it, while photographing each of the changes. When the images are projected, the process of transformation becomes evident in all its dynamism. In the case of Ulisse : Echo scan slide bottle (1998) is a bit different. This work is a multiple-screen projection in which Ulysses’ voyage becomes a journey through the body. A visual triptych which includes images from scanners, X-rays and magnetic resonances in a dialogue with anatomy engravings from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, photographs of modern cities and drawings of classic architecture. A critical voyage through so-called rationalism and the healing properties of modern science. Through the use of medical technology, Kentridge suggests that the images concealed in our bodies and our fragility. 

Exhibition

This exhibition on Willian Kentridge (Johannesburg, 1955) presented a selection of works, consituted by a series of animation films that Kentridge produces using a technique that consists of making charcoal and pastel drawings that he then modifies by erasing, adding to and reworking different elements.

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William Kentridge. 2002