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William Kentridge /

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: FIVE THEMES, A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF THE ARTIST'S OEUVRE CURATED BY MARK ROSENTHAL, WILL BE ON VIEW AT THE NORTON MUSEUM OF ART FROM 7 NOVEMBER 2009 THROUGH TO 17 JANUARY 2010. KENTRIDGE IS INCLUDED IN DIABOLIQUE, AT THE DUNLOP ART GALLERY, REGINA, CANADA UNTIL 18 OCTOBER 2009.

This large-scale exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) spans nearly three decades of his remarkably prolific career, with an emphasis on projects completed since 2000. Many of these have never before been publicly exhibited in the United States. Combining the political with the poetic, Kentridge's work has made an indelible mark on contemporary art. Dealing with subjects as sobering as apartheid and colonialism, Kentridge often imbues his art with dreamy, lyrical undertones or comedic bits of self-deprecation, making his powerful messages both alluring and ambivalent. Perhaps best known for his stop-motion films of charcoal drawings, the artist also works in prints, collage, sculpture, and the performing arts—opera in particular. This exhibition explores five primary themes in Kentridge's art through a comprehensive selection of his work from the 1980s to the present. Included are works related to the artist's staging and design of Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose, which premieres at New York's Metropolitan Opera in March 2010.

The Goodman Gallery

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