William Kentridge
dal 29/11/2002 al 23/3/2002
Segnalato da
29/11/2002
William Kentridge
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Retrospective. Renowned world-wide for his animated films made from charcoal drawings as well as his theatre productions focusing on the complex and often violent history of South Africa, Kentridge nevertheless continues to live and work in his home city of Johannesburg.
The South African National Gallery is proud to have been selected by artist William Kentridge as the venue for his major South African solo exhibition. Kentridge, who recently held solo exhibitions across the United States, is arguably one of the most important living South African artists today. In the United States, Kentridge is recognised as an influential and important artist of international stature.
Renowned world-wide for his animated films made from charcoal drawings as well as his theatre productions focusing on the complex and often violent history of South Africa, Kentridge nevertheless continues to live and work in his home city of Johannesburg.
With his involvement in the arts and his passion for film and theatre, Kentridge has worked as a writer, director, actor and set designer, and has been involved in numerous creative projects such as his collaboration with the *Handspring Puppet Company in their acclaimed production of Ubu and the Truth Commission.
Kentridge's credentials are impressive. He has exhibited his works at the Museums of Modern Art in both Oxford and New York, at Documenta X! and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. His films have been screened at international film festivals in Edinburgh, Annecy, Brussels, Lisbon, Stuttgart and New Zealand. He has participated in the 45th Venice Biennale, the 1st Johannesburg Biennale, the 10th Sydney Biennale and SITE Sante Fe in New Mexico. His one-person shows have been seen in San Diego, Brussels, Munich, Barcelona and London.
In 1998, Kentridge was selected as a finalist for the Solomon Guggenheim Museum's second Hugo Boss prize and at the 1999/2000 Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, was awarded the Carnegie Prize.
The Kentridge Retrospective has been curated by the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
South African National Gallery
Government Avenue Cape Town, ZA
Opening hours
open tuesday to sunday 10.00 to 17.00
closed mondays and workers day
entrance fee