William Kentridge is a south African artist born in Johannesburg.
Kentridge is best known for his animated films. These are constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes and filming it again, inevitably constructing a story. In other words each object metamorphoses in order to create an almost living story board. Kentridge's works usually have a deep political undertone as he grew up in an area that had a brutalised society and experienced such things as the apartheid. His animated films develop the concepts of history, memory of his childhood, loss and renewal. These powerfully haunting black and white sketches create a dramatic animation that is overwhelmingly beautiful. I love his work!
Go to Youtube and check it out.
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