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William Kentridge / Notes Towards a Model Opera / 2016

21 January - 12 February 2016
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

Goodman Gallery Johannesburg 21 January – 12 February 2016 at 12PM

In 2016, Goodman Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary – five decades of shaping contemporary art and working with artists who challenge unequal power structures and affect social change. Through global dialogue and exchange, Goodman Gallery has placed common histories at its core and has been instrumental in shifting perspectives through contemporary art. The year begins with an exhibition of significant recent work by William Kentridge, who has been represented by Goodman Gallery since 1989.

Kentridge’s most recent film Notes Towards a Model Opera is the centre-piece of his first retrospective in China – which premiered at the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art in Beijing and is currently showing at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul – and this month it will be exhibited at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg.

Artworks

Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
Work: 178.5 x 115 cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
Work: 178.5 x 115 cm
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Indian ink on found pages
91 x 74.5cm
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Indian ink on found pages
91.5 x 75cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
140 x 99cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
164 x 164cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
136 x 122cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
136 x 122cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
136 x 122cm
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Indian ink on found pages
87 x 78.5cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
166 x 149cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
153 x 148cm
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Indian ink on found pages
136 x 139cm
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Laser cut stainless steel, painted with acrylic based paint
145 x 137cm
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Indian Ink on found pages
A set of four drawings, 36.5 x 48cm each
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Indian Ink on found pages
A set of twelve drawings, 38 x 49cm each
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Indian ink on found pages
90.5 x 74cm
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Indian ink and red pencil on found encyclopedia pages
191 x 119cm
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Indian ink on found pages
92 x 70cm
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Indian ink and red pencil on found encyclopedia pages
216 x 150cm
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3 Channel HD Film
10 min 40 sec
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Indian ink on found pages
91 x 75cm
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About

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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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