Time For A Revolution: William Kentridge Presents Thick Time at Whitechapel Gallery
South African artist William Kentridge comes to Whitechapel Gallery this month with a major exhibition of six large-scale installations.
Renowned for his animated expressionist drawings and films exploring time, the history of colonialism and the aspirations and failures of revolutionary politics, Kentridge presents a body of work in which music and drama are ruptured by revolution, exile and scientific advancement.
The exhibition includes The Refusal of Time (2012), an immersive collaborative work featuring a shadow procession and a cacophony of clocks, bassoons and metronomes. The installation was created with composer Philip Miller, projection designer Catherine Meyburgh, choreographer Dada Masilo and scientist Peter Galison, alongside performers, machine-makers, costume designers and set designers from around the world.
The exhibition is co-produced with Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark and tours to the Whitworth University of Manchester, England.
William Kentridge: Thick Time
Opens 21 Sep 2016
Tickets: £13.50 / £11.95 (without Gift Aid)
