William Kentridge
3 Sisters (Sister Fan, Sister Cone, Sister Box), 2016
Bronze and oil paint
Sister Fan: 13 x 20 x 12 3/16 inches (33 x 51 x 31 cm)
Sister Cone: 14 9/16 x 18 1/2 x 13 inches (37 x 47 x 33 cm)
Sister Box: 9 x 17 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (23 x 45 x 40 cm)
With Three Sisters, William Kentridge continues an ongoing series of painted bronzes. They are experiments in trompe l’oeil; visual illusions, deceiving the eye. Cardboard and wood sculptures are turned into...
With Three Sisters, William Kentridge continues an ongoing series of painted bronzes. They are experiments in trompe l’oeil; visual illusions, deceiving the eye. Cardboard and wood sculptures are turned into bronze, which is painted to look likecardboard and wood. Picasso’s Glass of Absinthe and polychrome sculptures of classical antiquity (which we see as whitemarble, but which were originally painted) are particular historical references for the series. As is Kentridge’s trademark, theseseries of painted bronze heads interweave symbols as disparate as Chinese maps and scraps torn from a 1906 South Africancash book.