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...Event: XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (South African representative)Institution: São Paulo BiennialComment:

... character Soho Eckstein, a broad-shouldered, white South African industrialist whose self-assured place in the world has been... oppressor and the oppressed in reference to South Africa's apartheid era, which lasted from 1948 to 1994. Kentridge has said of...

... the first work by this internationally renowned South African artist in the SCMA collection. This fall, Kentridge is the... were active in resisting the injustices of the South African apartheid system. His father was a prominent attorney who made his...

... films of charcoal drawings, the internationally renowned South African artist also works in etching, collage, sculpture, and the... contemporary art scene. Dealing with subjects as sobering as apartheid and colonialism, Kentridge often imbues his art with dreamy,...

... and North America. Today, as the most widely recognized South African artist in the world, Kentridge's distinctive fusion of film,... worldwide cultural boycott of South Africa during the late apartheid period, the artist's penchant for working in several...

... free-standing bronze sculptures by this distinguished South African artist with a significant international profile, commissioned...

... desperate city. I have never tried to make illustrations of apartheid, but my drawings and films have certainly been enriched and...

... a newspaper on the beach, seemingly oblivious to the post-Apartheid struggles that surround him. Kentridge is one of the most...

... bed in Johannesburg, Kentrige brings a contemporary South African perspective to this classic Greek drama. "A stunning...

...South African artist William Kentridge has garnered international fame and admiration for performance, sculpture, drawings, and work in many...