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William Kentridge — Circle, cone, cube
William Kentridge

Circle, cone, cube

2010

Three large-scale panels of charcoal and pastel drawn over the printed pages of newspaper form a striking triptych that merges geometric abstraction with Kentridge's signature layered mark-making. The bold elemental forms — a circle, cone, and cube — emerge from the dense texture of newsprint, their smudged, reworked surfaces revealing the artist's process of addition and erasure. The use of newspaper grounds the work in the everyday world of language and current events, creating a tension between the timeless purity of geometric form and the ephemeral, politically charged nature of the printed word.

Medium
charcoal and pastel on newspaper, triptych

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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William Kentridge, Circle, cone, cube, 2010

Three large-scale panels of charcoal and pastel drawn over the printed pages of newspaper form a striking triptych that merges geometric abstraction with Kentridge's signature layered mark-making. The bold elemental forms — a circle, cone, and cube — emerge from the dense texture of newsprint, their smudged, reworked surfaces revealing the artist's process of addition and erasure. The use of newspaper grounds the work in the everyday world of language and current events, creating a tension between the timeless purity of geometric form and the ephemeral, politically charged nature of the printed word.

Medium
charcoal and pastel on newspaper, triptych
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Political Undertones, Newspaper Ground, Male Artist, Triptych Format, Expressionism, Charcoal And Pastel, South African Artist, Charcoal Drawing, Pastel on Newspaper, Contemporary Artist, Contemporary Master, Political Commentary, Geometric Abstraction, Late 20th Century, Political Art, Monochromatic Palette, Post-Apartheid Art, Expressionist Drawing

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