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.
Visit the artist website: https://www.kentridge.studio/
The New National Museum Munich – Villa Sauber is going to host an exhibition on Pier Paolo Pasolini titled ‘Pasolini in Chiaroscuro’ from 29th March to 29th September. The exhibition explores the influence of classical and contemporary painting on Pasolini’s cinema. It features a variety of pieces, including film excerpts,
William Kentridge’s new 9-episode series, Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot, will premiere in Venice in an installation curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Shot during, and in the aftermath of, the 2020–2022 COVID-19 pandemic, and completed in 2023, these works will be viewed in a unique, concentrated environment that partially recreates Kentridge’s
William Kentridge has been announced as the Slade Professor of Fine Art for 2023/4 at the University of Oxford. Kentridge, born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955, is renowned for his drawings, films, theatre, and opera productions. His method combines drawing, writing, film, performance, music, theatre, and collaborative practices to
The exhibition Pensiero video. Disegno e arti elettroniche (Video Thinking. Drawing and electronic art) presents works by Lucio Fontana, Hans Namuth – Paul Falkenberg – Jackson Pollock, Mario Schifano, Wolf Vostell, Gianni Toti, Fabrizio Plessi, Studio Azzurro, Bill Viola, William Kentridge, Grazia Toderi, Giacomo Verde, Michele Sambin, Nalini Malani, Quayola and of
Myth, magic, music, movement, and mesmerizing imagery combine in revered South African visual artist William Kentridge’s newest production. Presented in two parts, Sibyl is inspired by the Greek myth of the Cumaean Sibyl, and wrestles with the human desire to know our future and our helplessness before powers and technologies that obscure
William Kentridge is bringing his new sound and projection installation, You Whom I Could Not Save, to Palermo. The South African artist’s solo exhibition of the same name will be open to the public from October 8, 2023 to January 12, 2024 at Palazzo Branciforte, where the titular work will be
