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William Kentridge is such a magnificent artist who combines the political with the poetic in his work. This exhibit at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) located in the heart of New York City is displaying a large scale of three decades of William Kentridge work.

William Kentridge

The MOMA says of Kentridge work:

“Dealing with subjects as sobering as apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism, his work is often imbued with dreamy, lyrical undertones or comedic bits of self-deprecation that render his powerful messages both alluring and ambivalent. Best known for animated films based on charcoal drawings, he also works in prints, books, collage, sculpture, and the performing arts. 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. 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 in March 2010.”

You don’t want to miss this exhibit which is showing now until May 17, 2010.