PastSolo Exhibition

William Kentridge: Listen to the Echo

William Kentridge: Listen to the Echo
Source: museum-folkwang.demuseum-folkwang.de
Museum FolkwangEssen, museum
September 4, 2025 - January 18, 2026
Opening Reception: September 3, 2025 at 19:00

About the Exhibition

A major retrospective covering William Kentridge's entire career spanning more than four decades, featuring animated films from the Drawings for Projection series exploring Johannesburg's rise and fall and apartheid's legacy. The exhibition includes drawings, prints, sculptures, tapestries, opera productions, multimedia theatre pieces, and explores themes of justice, colonialism in Africa, and human change. Notable works include the Colonial Landscapes drawing series, Porter tapestries, Black Box/Chambre Noire mechanical miniature stage, and the 2024 Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot film series.

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contemporary artanimationSouth Africaapartheidcolonialismdrawingsfilmmultimediaretrospectivecharcoal drawingsJohannesburg
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