William Kentridge / Stereoscope / 1999
The Goodman Gallery looks forward to hosting an exhibition of recent work by William Kentridge. On the day of the opening, Saturday 16th October, the gallery will have extended hours from 9h30 – 17h00.
William Kentridge’s most recent animated film, Stereoscope, is the eighth in a decade-long series featuring Soho Eckstein. The fictional Soho evolves through the films and through time, but continues to suggest the archetypal businessman – always identifiable by his pin-striped suit.
Stereoscope was first shown as a solo project at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in April 1999 – along with drawings used in making the film. Since then it has been exhibited at the 48th Venice Biennale (June to November 1999) and at Kunstforeningen in Copenhagen (June, July 1999), and Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (September 1999).
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William Kentridge
William Kentridge (b.1955, South Africa) is internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, theatre and opera productions.
Kentridge’s work is held in collections including MoMA, New York; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi and Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town.
Kentridge’s largest UK survey to date was held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2022. In the same year Kentridge opened another major survey exhibition, In Praise of Shadows, at The Broad, Los Angeles. In 2023 this exhibition travelled to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Kentridge’s work has been seen in museums across the globe since the 1990s, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Albertina Museum, Vienna: Musée du Louvre in Paris, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; Reina Sofia museum, Madrid, Kunstmuseum in Basel; and Norval Foundation in Cape Town. The artist has also participated in biennale’s including Documenta in Kassel (2012, 2002,1997) and the Venice Biennale (2015, 2013, 2005, 1999, 1993).
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