I Am Still Learning ,1986
Provenance :
Exhibited : Cassirer Fine Art, Johannesburg, ‘William Kentridge: Paintings, Drawings, Etchings’, opened 31 October 1986, an example from the edition exhibited.; Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, ‘In the Heart of the Beast’, 23 April to 16 May 1987.
Literature : W. Siebrits. (2022). 'William Kentridge Prints and Posters 1974 - 1990 Volume 1.1', Göttingen: Steidl, an example from the edition illustrated on p.328.; Siebrits, W. (2004). ‘Prints and Multiples II’. Johannesburg: Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, 13, an example from the edition illustrated in colour.
Notes : I Am Still Learning “shows the artist in New York, his back turned to the viewer with his portfolio under his arm. He is seen walking away from the viewer precariously close to an open manhole. A warthog standing on the roof of a car in the foreground adds to the sense of alienation and displacement, felt by the artist struggling to find his place in an unfamiliar and congested environment.
This image bears testimony to Kentridge's perseverance and consistently brilliant work spanning a twenty-five-year period which eventually found him recognition at the centre of the art world in New York, where he had been turned away many years before.”[1]
[1] Siebrits,W. (2004). Prints and Multiples II. Johannesburg: Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, 13.
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