WHY SHOULD I HESITATE? PUTTING DRAWINGS TO WORK OPENS IN CAPETOWN SOUTH AFRICA
The exhibition at Zeitz MOCCA looks at history in the lens of the artist as well as the artist’s long artistic career spanning four decades. It is not easy to put almost half a century’s work of a prolific artist’s work into a single exhibition. However, this is exactly what Zeitz MOCCA has done in South Africa. On August 25 th , the Capetown based museum for contemporary African art opened its largest exhibition ever hosting renowned artist William Kentridge. The exhibition, “Why should I Hesitate? Putting Drawings to work,” would see Kentridge’s 40 year career spanning charcoal drawings, woodcut prints, stop-frame animation, tapestries, installation and video come to life at Zeitz MOCCA. Given its length and breadth, the exhibition is more of an artistic biographical account of his exploits in theatre and how he has been able to navigate through different forms of art. “When conceptualising this exhibition, we wanted to do more than simply attempt to condense many of Kent...