South African contemporary artist William Kentridge has an affinity with theatre and performance. His career has traversed studying mime and theatre, working in television as an art director, as well as acting and directing in Johannesburg’s Junction Avenue Theatre Company. It also weaves itself through his drawing, films, printmaking, and designs for tapestry and opera productions. As an artist, he tackles topical subjects on society and politics, offset by a lyrical slant. All of which is on show in this travelling National Gallery of Australia exhibition.
QUT Art Museum
Until 6 September, 2015
Queensland
Bakelite radio (detail), 1994, charcoal, pastel, collage, 59 x 104 cm
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Poynton Bequest 2013
