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William Kentridge "What We See & What We Know Thinking About History While Walking, and Thus the Drawings Began to Move..."
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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William Kentridge
William Kentridge (b. 1955 in South Africa, based in Johannesburg) began creating his signature ‘drawings in motion’ in the late 1980s. These animated works are created through the laborious process of photographing charcoal-and-pastel drawings with a 35mm motion picture camera, adding new marks and erasures frame by frame to make the drawings ‘move.’ As a continuous record of ceaselessly changing drawings, marks that could not be erased completely are left behind as the animation progresses. These indelible marks contribute a stately air to his expression that could be described as the accumulation of time itself.
The Japanese exhibition — Kentridge's first solo exhibition in the country — is the result of three years of close work between the Museums and the artist himself. 19 film works (including 4 film installations), 36 drawings, and 63 prints will be exhibited, covering the full scope of Kentridge's artistic activities, from the 9 Drawings for Projection (1989-2003), a representative body of work that is centered on the history of South Africa, to I Am Not Me, the Horse Is Not Mine (2008), his latest work based on the Shostakovich opera The Nose.
The Japanese exhibition — Kentridge's first solo exhibition in the country — is the result of three years of close work between the Museums and the artist himself. 19 film works (including 4 film installations), 36 drawings, and 63 prints will be exhibited, covering the full scope of Kentridge's artistic activities, from the 9 Drawings for Projection (1989-2003), a representative body of work that is centered on the history of South Africa, to I Am Not Me, the Horse Is Not Mine (2008), his latest work based on the Shostakovich opera The Nose.
Schedule | Jan 2 (Sat) 2010-Feb 14 (Sun) 2010 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥850, University Students ¥450 | ||||
| Website | http://www.momat.go.jp/english/artmuseum/william_kentridge/ | ||||
| Venue | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo http://www.momat.go.jp/english | ||||
| Location | 3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 1b at Takebashi Station on the Tozai line. 5 minute walk from exit 4 at Kudanshita Station on the Hanzomon and Tozai lines or Toei Shinjuku line. 15 minute walk from exit A1 at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines or Hanzomon line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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