William Kentridge (born Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955) is internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, theatre and opera productions.
His method combines drawing, writing, film, performance, music, theatre, and collaborative practices to create works of art that are grounded in politics, science, literature and history, whilst yet maintaining a space for contradiction and uncertainty.
His aesthetics are drawn from the medium of film’s own history, from stop-motion animation to early special effects. Kentridge’s drawing, specifically the dynamism of an erased and redrawn mark, is an integral part of his expanded animation and filmmaking practice, where the meanings of his films are developed during the process of their making.
William Kentridge’s works first hit the international spotlight in 1997, when he took part in Documenta X in Kassel. His work has been seen in museums and galleries around the world since that time, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Musée du Louvre in Paris, Whitechapel Gallery in London, Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid and the Kunstmuseum in Basel. 2009 marked the beginning of 5 Themes, a major exhibition that opened at SFMoMA in San Francisco and then went on to MoMA in New York, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others.
Works by: Vanessa Beecroft, Giuliano Dal Molin, Michele Guido, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Joseph Kosuth, Mancini, Migliora, Mocellin Pellegrini, Monterastelli, Mulas, Tosatti, Zielony
For Frieze Viewing Room, Lia Rumma Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works focused on the theme “Back to Simplicity”. Inspired by the homonymous series conceived by Marina Abramović in 2010, Lia Rumma Gallery intends to outline – through the works presented – the widespread wish for a
William Kentridge
On the occasion of Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms and of William Kentridge’s solo show Waiting for the Sibyl and other histories at Lia Rumma Gallery in Milan, we are pleased to present the artist in live conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
VOYAGE TO ITALY A homage to Italy through a selection of works that celebrate and investigate the influence that Italy and Italian culture have had and continue to have on artists.
GLASS-NOST, a program of the Digital Cosmos of Castello di Rivoli in collaboration with the bookstore Luxemburg and Faust, in Turin.
