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Saturday, October 29, 2005

William Kentridge: Black Box / Chambre Noire

Deutsche Guggenheim: 29.10.05 - 15.1.06

 

Untitled (drawing for Black Box/Chambre Noire), 2005

Photo: John Hodgkiss

©William Kentridge

In conceiving of a new art work as part of the Deutsche Bank and Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s commissioning program for the Deutsche Guggenheim, William Kentridge, a South African artist very much grounded in geographies and histories of place, took as a point of departure the commission’s originating site—broadly speaking, Germany. In addition to his body of work exploring the history of Africa and South Africa, Kentridge has also long exhibited an affinity to German art and culture, creating works inspired by or in response to German visual artists and literary figures. ...

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Posted by V R at 8:13 AM
Categories: Painting