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William Kentridge

“I have never tried to make illustrations of apartheid, but the drawings and films are certainly spawned by and feed off the brutalized society left in its wake. I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures, and certain endings; an art (and a politics) in which optimism is kept in check and nihilism at bay.”

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    A Natural History of the Studio
    Episode 1

    SELF-PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE-POT

    WILLIAM KENTRIDGE South Africa, 2024

    Step inside the roving creative imagination of William Kentridge with this exclusive nine-part series. An ode to procrastination, pacing, and messy desks, this playful first episode sees the South African artist invoke a doppelgänger with whom to squabble over the intangible seeds of inspiration.

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