On
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, MoMA celebrated the opening of William
Kentridge: Five Themes, which surveys nearly three decades of work by Kentridge
(South African, b. 1955), a remarkably versatile artist whose work combines
the political with the poetic.
This exhibition explores five primary
themes in Kentridge’s art from the 1980s to the present, and underscores
the interrelatedness of his mediums and disciplines, particularly through
a selection of works from the Museum’s collection. Also included
are works related to the artist’s staging and design of Dmitri
Shostakovich’s The Nose, which premieres at New York’s Metropolitan
Opera on March 5, 2010. Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, the exhibition is organized at MoMA by Klaus
Biesenbach, Director,
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center; Judith B. Hecker, Assistant
Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books; and Cara
Starke, Assistant Curator,
Department of Media and Performance Art. The exhibition will be on view
from February 24 through May 17, 2010. Additionally, the opening of Projects
92: Yin Xiuzhen was also celebrated.
Guests included: Marina
Abramović,
Klaus Biesenbach, Dinos Chapman, Lewis B. Cullman, Agnes Denes, Marcel
Dzama, Howard Gardner, Judith Hecker, Joan Jonas, William Kentridge,
Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis, Gioni Massimiliano,
Judy Pfaff, Marnie S. Pillsbury, Mark Rosenthal, Stephen Shore, Kiki
Smith, Frank Stella, and Cara Starke.
