William Kentridge’s Spellbinding Animations are the Star of his Royal Academy Show
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William Kentridge, Notes Towards a Model Opera (2015). Three-channel HD film. 11 min 14 sec. Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
William Kentridge, Notes Towards a Model Opera (2015). Film. Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
William Kentridge‘s spellbinding animations offer a window into the world of this legendary South African artist.
London‘s Royal Academy of Arts has put on an ambitious and totally brilliant presentation in what is the largest exhibition of Kentridge’s work in the U.K. to date. Spanning 40 years of the artist’s extraordinary career, the show eloquently unfolds Kentridge’s stories through etchings, sculptures, floor-to-ceiling drawings, four-metre wide tapestries, multi-channel films, and more.
Yet, it’s his mesmerising animations that are the star of the show. In the ten-part film series, The Soho Chronicles, the viewer is met with multiple screens narrating the story of Soho Eckstein, Kentridge’s fictional alter ego.
For over 20 years, Kentridge has worked on the hand-drawn animated film series, which beautifully narrates the anxieties he wrestles with as an artist.
William Kentridge is now open at the Royal Academy until 11 December 2022.
Main image: William Kentridge, Notes Towards a Model Opera (2015). Three-channel HD film. 11 min 14 sec. Exhibition view: William Kentridge, Royal Academy of Arts, London (24 September–11 December 2022). © William Kentridge. Photo: © Royal Academy of Arts/David Parry.
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