Deconstructed Horse

 

This etching is one of a pair of works made by William Kentridge, in collaboration with the David Krut Workshop, to mark the occasion of the publication of a comprehensive book about the Handspring Puppet Company (HPC) and their work by David Krut Publishing in 2009. HPC is a world-famous puppetry group with which Kentridge has collaborated many times over the years (as director, artist, designer).

In his narration of William Kentridge CD-ROM (1997), the first major publication on the work of William Kentridge, the artist explains the origins of his collaboration with The Handspring Puppet Company:

“For many years I had seen the work that the Handspring Puppet Company had made with their puppets and they had seen the animated films that I had made.  And at a certain point we said let’s see what happens if you combine the animation and the puppetry – can they talk to each other?  What we were trying to do in these productions was to see whether – using the range of techniques from actors visible on stage, to puppets visible with actors, to projected images on a screen – there was a way of telling a story, that was different simply from a film; different simply from a puppet production; different simply from actors; and to find ways of saying and showing things, not just in a new way, but in a deeper way, a richer way, with layers of meaning which one couldn’t have in a traditional theatre or with a simple film.”

The other work making up the pair is titled, Artist & Reflected Model.

Artist: William Kentridge
Title: Deconstructed Horse
More about: William Kentridge (Universal Archive)
Year: 2009
Artwork Category:: Editions & Multiples published by David Krut
Media & Techniques: Drypoint, Sugarlift Aquatint
Edition Size: 40
Image Height: 31 cm
Image Width: 19.8 cm
Sheet Height: 36 cm
Sheet Width: 31 cm
Availability: Available
Framing: Unframed
Artwork Reference: 1260
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