MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s “The Great Yes, The Great No”

Here’s my feature on the new project from William Kentridge, which will be presented this weekend in Berkeley by Cal Performances:

A new production by William Kentridge is always a major event. Few other artists at work today span so many media while at the same time reimagining them: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, animated film, and musical-theater performance are all encompassed within his practice. But what makes Kentridge especially resonant for a global audience is how his innovations push beyond merely aesthetic considerations to pose big, open-ended questions about history and identity.
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