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William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time
The major work 'The Refusal of Time' by the South African artist William Kentridge is a cinematic installation revolving around time. The work of William Kentridge has been presented all over the world. His childhood experiences during South African apartheid serve as a basis for expressing universal truths about human existence. Although William Kentridge mainly uses black and white colours, his perspective on the world certainly is not. The historical events are utilised to examine our relationship to Time and the course of History.
The exhibition William Kentridge 鈥� The Refusal of Time centres around the artist鈥檚 principal work of the same title. The work is a culmination of the artist鈥檚 development in recent years; he cross-pollinates his primary medium, charcoal drawing, with elements from the world of cinema, music, dance, opera, theatre, literature and performance. The Refusal of Time is a grand, virtuoso installation presented on five different screens, unfolding a fascinating universe that unifies past, present and future, transforming them into a single magical, condensed 鈥榥ow鈥�.
Seeing Kentridge鈥檚 art is moving in many ways. The spectator becomes a sort of narrator, who has to make sense of a cacophony of impressions. There is no unambiguous story or truth, and that is the point. The work is a melting pot and a jumble of impressions, much like the artist鈥檚 hometown Johannesburg.
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The major work 'The Refusal of Time' by the South African artist William Kentridge is a cinematic installation revolving around time. The work of William Kentridge has been presented all over the world. His childhood experiences during South African apartheid serve as a basis for expressing universal truths about human existence. Although William Kentridge mainly uses black and white colours, his perspective on the world certainly is not. The historical events are utilised to examine our relationship to Time and the course of History.
The exhibition William Kentridge 鈥� The Refusal of Time centres around the artist鈥檚 principal work of the same title. The work is a culmination of the artist鈥檚 development in recent years; he cross-pollinates his primary medium, charcoal drawing, with elements from the world of cinema, music, dance, opera, theatre, literature and performance. The Refusal of Time is a grand, virtuoso installation presented on five different screens, unfolding a fascinating universe that unifies past, present and future, transforming them into a single magical, condensed 鈥榥ow鈥�.
Seeing Kentridge鈥檚 art is moving in many ways. The spectator becomes a sort of narrator, who has to make sense of a cacophony of impressions. There is no unambiguous story or truth, and that is the point. The work is a melting pot and a jumble of impressions, much like the artist鈥檚 hometown Johannesburg.
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