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(My screen saver keeps interrupting my begining this). Briefly (before it intrudes again) I live and work in Johannesburg. (where I have always been, somehow) Mainly making drawings. Some are filmed and become animated projections, some become incorporated into pieces of theatre. The drawings I did at Civitella were niether filmed nor performed (though they had originally come from drawings done for a play FAUSTUS IN AFRICA).

In 1998 he had a solo exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and was included in the Hugo Boss Award Exhibit at the Solomon R. .1955 - Johannesburg, South Africa) is recognized for his lush animated films and drawings. His highly original films projected from laserdisks, are from the very traditional medium of charcoal drawing, which form the basis for his films. Kentridge adjusts his drawings by introducing new marks or erasing pre-existing ones.

20 2002) Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (March 1 to May 5 2002) Los Angeles County Museum (July 21 to Oct. . His animated films, work in theater and drawings are breaking new ground in fusing these disciplines in the growing film and media based art field. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. 16) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (Oct 20 to Jan.

. Instead he's been out exhibiting his singular brand of politically charged drawing and film in the Venice Biennale and the Museum of Modern Art NY, as well as winning the prestigious Carnegie prize. The focus of his current exhibition at the Annandale Galleries is a series of sculptures called Procession, along with prints and drawings inspired by his recent films. Each work is unique, sometimes comic and sometimes poignant. Together they create the impression of a dream sequence or a circus procession.

another drawings site: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=27639884980377

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