30th Sep, 2021 19:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
73
William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)
Garibaldi
twenty lift ground aquatint etchings printed on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper, each etching mounted on raw cotton cloth folded (as a map) and housed in a handmade box covered in raw cotton cloth
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed and numbered P.P II/II along the bottom edge, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artists' Proof Studios
Edition: Printers Proof from an edition of 10 plus 1 AP and 2 PPs
twenty lift ground aquatint etchings printed on 100% Hemp Phumani handmade paper, each etching mounted on raw cotton cloth folded (as a map) and housed in a handmade box covered in raw cotton cloth
Artwork date: 2016
Signature details: signed and numbered P.P II/II along the bottom edge, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artists' Proof Studios
Edition: Printers Proof from an edition of 10 plus 1 AP and 2 PPs
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165.5 x 153 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Johannesburg.
Notes:
Including a pamphlet contextualising the work made of hand-bound and woven paper.
Working across drawing, printmaking, film, theatre and other media, William Kentridge explores the impact of European colonialism and the concerns of post-apartheid South Africa with unparalleled nuance and lyricism. Kentridge’s monumental depiction of Garibaldi in 2017 followed his 2016 Triumphs and Laments: A Project for Rome, a 500 meter-long frieze, erased from the patina on the embankment walls lining the ancient capital’s urban waterfront along the Tiber.
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), the Italian general, patriot and republican who distinguished himself as an international figurehead for national independence and republican ideals, is considered in twentieth-century historiography and popular culture as Italy’s greatest national hero. He was admired and praised by many intellectuals and political figures, including Abraham Lincoln, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Charles Dickens, Friedrich Engels and Che Guevara. Historian A. J. P. Taylor called him “the only wholly admirable figure in modern history”.
In the popular telling of his story, he is associated with the red shirts that his volunteers, the ‘Garibaldini’, wore in lieu of a uniform. Why would the artist depict the great General Garibaldi on a wooden horse? Perhaps to highlight the absurdity of war? And to appeal to children, and to the childlike in all of us, thereby emphasising the humanity of this great hero – a man whose extraordinary leadership skills in war were never at odds with his humanity, nor beyond humour.
Born in Johannesburg, where he continues to live and work, Kentridge has enjoyed solo shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Tate Modern in London, Kunstmuseum Basel, and Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, among other prestigious institutions. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale and Documenta in Kassel Germany on numerous occasions.
Other examples from this edition have been exhibited at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Annandale Galleries, Australia.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 30th Sep, 2021
Aspire Art Auctions brings a significant and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art to auction in Cape Town. The sale stars exceptional works by many of South Africa’s big signatures, including, William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis, Edoardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo and J.H Pierneef, amongst others. Also featured is an exciting collection of contemporary artists from elsewhere in Africa – Patrick Bongoy and Zemba Luzamba from the Congo, Moustapha Baïdi Oumarou from Cameroon and Gerald Chukwuma from Nigeria.
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