William Kentridge inspired charcoal drawing workshop

One of the most powerful voices in contemporary art, South African artist William Kentridge is best known for his drawings, prints and animations. He uses his drawings to make films and often works in pencil and charcoal. His artworks explore connections between art, history and memory, and how images repeat across time and between diverse cultures.

In this workshop, participants will be taken on a guided tour of the William Kentridge exhibition, I am not me, the horse is not mine. Following the tour, they will spend a few hours exploring and experimenting with charcoal drawing techniques. The session will conclude with the creation of an A3 drawing that participants can take home. All materials will be provided, and morning tea will be served.

Tickets: $20, limited places. Ages: 13 - 17 years.

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This workshop is facilitated by artist Rosie Gordon. Rosie facilitates our weekly After school art classes for tweens and teens. Rosie was born and raised in Byron Bay and spent her youth making photo realistic drawings from her family home in Ewingsdale. The meticulous detail gave her a sense of control in a chaotic, boisterous household, and her drawing practice helped her feel grounded and calm.

Rosie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Cross Uni and has won numerous awards for her drawings, including four People's Choice Awards and a Best Emerging Artist Award judged by Michael Zavros. In recent years, and with the influence of her daughter (12), she has learned the value of play and having a more free-form kind of expression as a way to unwind and process the world around her.

About the exhibition

One of the most powerful voices in art today, William Kentridge, emerged as an artist during the apartheid regime in South Africa. Grounded in the violent absurdity of that period in his country’s history, his artworks draw connections between art, ideology, history and memory. They reveal the ways in which ideas and images echo across time and between different cultures.

Kentridge’s eight-channel video work I am not me, the horse is not mine is among the artist’s most ambitious moving image works and arguably the most significant work by the artist in an Australian museum collection. It premiered at the Biennale of Sydney in 2008 and was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Anita and Luca Belgiorno-Nettis in 2017.

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Lismore Regional Gallery, 11 Rural Street, Lismore, 2480, View Map