14 February - 30 April 2004
William Kentridge’s breath-taking animations take the complex history of South Africa as its focus, and particularly the legacy of apartheid. Often contrasting the daily life of an individual with major historical events, Kentridge's films do not set out to tell us what to think, but instead evoke a range of conflicting emotions that align us at one and the same time with the victims and the perpetrators of injustice.
William Kentridge’s breath-taking animations take the complex history of South Africa as its focus, and particularly the legacy of apartheid. Often contrasting the daily life of an individual with major historical events, Kentridge's films do not set out to tell us what to think, but instead evoke a range of conflicting emotions that align us at one and the same time with the victims and the perpetrators of injustice.
