Featured Artist
William Kentridge
In 1997, the first major publication on Kentridge’s work was published in CD-ROM format by David Krut. Since then, David Krut Publishing has released numerous books about the artist’s work, including William Kentridge Prints in 2006, which is the first book to give an overview of Kentridge’s printmaking career up to that point. In total, David Krut has published more than 300 print editions with Kentridge. Kentridge has had more than eight solo exhibitions with DKP and been included in many group exhibitions in Johannesburg, Cape Town and New York over the years. For related videos, take a look at the William Kentridge Playlist on the David Krut Publishing...
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New Edition
William Kentridge New Edition from the David Krut Workshop – Still life with fish bowl (2024)
https://davidkrutprojects.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_0098.movWritten by Lungile Ngcobo Collaborative Printer: Kim-Lee Loggenberg-Tim William Kentridge’s latest edition Still life with fish bowl (2024) marks his ongoing exploration of process, collaboration, and transformation using print as medium at the David Krut Workshop (DKW). David Krut has been publishing editions with Kentridge for over 30 years, working with numerous skilled printmakers and refining his approach through constant dialogue with the workshop’s team. Created in November 2024 in collaboration with master printer Kim-Lee Loggenberg-Tim at DKW, this work expands upon his enduring engagement with still life, memory, and materiality. The print reflects his ability to rework and evolve imagery, capturing the...
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Qhamanande Maswana: colourful plains
Qhamanande Maswana was invited into the workshop to experiment with Monotype making in early 2025. Qhamanande’s images allow the viewer the opportunity to be present within a reflective and intimate moments among people. Working from photographs of friends and strangers his portraits capture contemplative moments that resonate individual personalities within environments. Themes of family, identity and relationships start to whisper to you from the canvas... or print. Qhamanande initially tested layered oil-based monotypes. The technique resonates with his vibrant paintings. Thin layers of intense, pigment loaded lithographic ink are painted onto the smooth surface of monotype plates. A damp sheet is then...
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Stephen Langa: A New Chapter in Monotypes
In every artist lies a question born of curiosity and a desire to tame the unknown. The answer, facilitated by necessity, is shaped by the artist’s ambition. That being said, Stephen Langa’s ambition is without question, as evidenced by the success of Langa’s last body of work titled “Inceptions of Black Serenity” he was eager to return to DKW and continue exploring the endless possibilities of the monotype process. Langa’s 2025 year began in the same way as his 2024 year ended, with him working towards a new body of works in the workshop. Each image created explores a different...
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Exploring Peter Cohen’s ‘Still life with portrait’
Written by Sbongiseni KhuluIn September of 2024 the David Krut Workshop welcomed another collaboration with Peter Cohen, this time to bring into existence a mixed media limited edition still life print. In realizing the print collaborative printmakers Sbongiseni Khulu and Jesse Shepstone helped transfer via tracing, carve and print Cohen's hand drawn digital image using linoleum, transfer paper, carving tools and elbow grease. After which they would go on to overlay various mediums onto the linocut print such as soft ground and monotype on thin traditional Japanese papers (Tosa washi, Gampi), collage and hand paint in search of what printmaking...
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