"Often when you're in the process of realizing an image, it's going somewhere else. If that tangent starts going off in a place that feels more exciting, that's what I go with."
Drawing for "WEIGHING…and WANTING" (1997)
Drawing for "WEIGHING…and WANTING," 1997
Charcoal, poster paint and pastel on paper, 47 1/4 x 63 inches
© William Kentridge
Courtesy of the artist
Charcoal, poster paint and pastel on paper, 47 1/4 x 63 inches
© William Kentridge
Courtesy of the artist
"There are lots of drawings that are about the need for comfort. I’m not sure if that’s identical to compassion—about a ‘taking’ rather than a ‘giving’. Maybe the depiction of it is a giving."
-William Kentridge
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