William Kentridge — Ten drawings for projection
Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam
Exhibition
2019
William Kentridge — Ten drawings for projection | Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam | Exhibition | 2019
This exhibition showed the ten ‘Drawings for Projection’, that South African artist William Kentridge donated to the Eye Filmmuseum in 2015. These ten short animation films, that were made in between 1989 and 2011, marked Kentridge’s breakthrough on the international art scene. Also included in the exhibition was the film installation O Sentimental Machine (2015), featuring historical footage of Russian revolutionist Leon Trotsky. The exhibition took place during the Holland Festival, for which William Kentridge was Associate Artist.The exhibition also featured a number of large wall tapestries that Kentridge produced at a local weaving mill in Johannesburg.