William Kentridge, The Refusal of Time with collaboration of Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh and Peter Galison, Film Still 2012, 5-channel video projection, colour, sound, megaphones, breathing machine 30 minutes. Courtesy William Kentridge, Marian Goodman Gallery, Goodman Gallery and Lia Rumma Gallery.
William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1955 and grew up under the system of apartheid. His grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years; his parents were both lawyers who defended victims of the regime handling historic cases including the inquest into the Sharpeville Massacre, the death of Steve Biko, and one of the trials of Nelson Mandela.
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With the politics of his country an everyday part of his life, Kentridge could not affect cognitive dissonance that so many to enjoy their privileges free from the burden of responsibility of being complicit in a corrupt and unjust system based on the exploitation and oppression of their fellow wo/man. Instead Kentridge, who exhibited tremendous promise as an artist from an early age, was steeped in the knowledge of the socio-political climate of the times and explored the dark duality of humanity in his work.
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William Kentridge, Second Hand Reading, 2013, Flipbook film from drawings on single pages of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, HD video, colour, sound. Courtesy William Kentridge, Marian Goodman Gallery, Goodman Gallery and Lia Rumma Gallery.
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William Kentridge The Refusal of Time with collaboration of Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh and Peter Galison Film Still 2012. 5-channel video projection, colour, sound, megaphones, breathing machine 30 minutes. Courtesy William Kentridge, Marian Goodman Gallery, Goodman Gallery and Lia Rumma Gallery.