Preparing for the Day, Little Morals Series

Literature

David Krut (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 42.

Nadine Monem and Faye Robson (ed) (2012) A Universal Archive: William Kentridge as a Printmaker, exhibition catalogue, London: Hayward Publishing, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 36.

Sven Christian and Anne McIlleron (2020) William Kentridge: Why Should I Hesitate - Putting Drawings to Work, exhibition catalogue, Cape Town and London: Zeitz MOCAA and Koenig Books, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 233.

Notes

Printed by The Caversham Press, Balgowan, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

'The title (Little Morals) comes from Adorno's Minima Moralia, but Goya was in mind. This was the second set of prints that Deborah Bell, Robert Hodgins and I worked on, again at The Caversham Press with Malcolm Christian. It was less tightly constructed than the Hogarth series. In using a sugarlift technique I had Picasso's sugar lifts in mind. The series was made during the early nineties transitional period in South Africa: after the release of Nelson Mandela and the unbanning of political organisations, before the first democratic elections in 1994. This was a period of extreme intensity: enormous possibilities seemed to be opening up, whilst there was also a real threat that the process towards democracy might be derailed by violence. One of the miracles of the transition was that it was achieved without a civil war, although the peaceful process was not without its violent casualties. There was also a sense that while for many there would be a complete transformation in their lives following the transition, for as many others circumstances would be as hard as ever.'¹

^1. David Krut (2006) William Kentridge Prints, Johannesburg: David Krut, page 42.