William Kentridg

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Born in Johannesburg South Africa 1955Of Jewish- Lithuanian descentParents were both prominent layers involved

in major Civil rights and anti apartheid casesHe majored in politics and African studiesCo-founded Junction Ave Theater company in

1975 which was a non racial company devoted to political issues

Kentridge screen printed posters for black trade unions and student protests at university…

Biography…

South Africa

“One of the main themes then, and now, in South African art was the investigation of the myriad questions the representations of identity. When a government imposes classification against ones will, based on arbitrary racist categories, identity becomes a volatile subject.”- William Kentridge

In April of 1994 South Africa emerged as a country with a new identity.

A lot of Kentrides work is a study of the lives of many South Africans in the pre-democracy era.

Drawings/film animations

A hand-drawn still from a Kentridge animation (1998-99). Kentridge’s drawings and stop-motion videos often have a subtle but reflectively political undertone, investigating the cultural dualities of South Africa and the artist’s birth city of Johannesburg. Fine Arts Magazine

http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/williamkentridge/flash/index.html#videos

http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/williamkentridge/flash/index.html#videoshttp://

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_UphwAfjhk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1oK5LMJ3zY&NR=1

MoMA on William Kentridge

William Kentridge's "The Return of Ulysses,” Photo by Johan Jacobs.

Opera

Kentridge’s collaboration with Handspring started in 1992 with the production of Woyzeck on the Highveld. Since then the collaboration has included Faustus in Africa!, Ubu and the Truth Commission, Zeno, Confessions of Zeno – On the left is a still from “Woyzeck on the Highveld” (1992)

Puppetry

moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/williamkentridge/

http://www.pbs.org/art21/specials/anythingispossible/

http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/seasonfive/compassion.php

http://2009.eif.co.uk/conversations-william-kentridge

http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/html/frameind.html

http://africasacountry.com/2010/03/02/william-kentridge-talks-opera/

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