An artists view of personal conflicts set against the background of South Africa is revealed in this exhibition of ten short animated films and some 60 related charcoal drawings by William Kentridge (b. 1955). The Johannesburg-based, European-descended artist’s narratives of social inequity, industrial pillage and personal pathos fill six mini-theaters and several adjacent galleries.
An artists view of personal conflicts set against the
background of South Africa is revealed in this exhibition of
ten short animated films and some 60 related charcoal
drawings by William Kentridge (b. 1955). The
Johannesburg-based, European-descended artist’s
narratives of social inequity, industrial pillage and personal
pathos fill six mini-theaters and several adjacent galleries.
Co-organized by the New Museum of Contemporary Art in
New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
the show travels next to New York, Chicago, Houston, Los
Angeles and Cape Town. (Staci Borrus, Dan Cameron and
Neal Benezra, joint curators; catalog by Harry N. Abrams
with several essays). Kentridge is also featured in the
exhibition Encounters with the Contemporary at the
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
(through January 6, 2002).
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Washington, DC, USA