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CHINA / Beijing: William Kentridge
by Modem
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until Sunday August 30 2015

UCCA
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798 Art District, No. 4 Jiuxiangiao Lu
100015 Beijing
China



Notes Towards a Model Opera

“Notes Towards a Model Opera” is a constellation of key pieces spanning 25 years of William Kentridge’s output, allowing viewers to understand the range and trajectory of both his artistic sensibility and humanistic concerns.

From seminal early films and drawings featuring the semi-autobiographical figure of Soho Eckstein, the exhibition moves on to encompass major recent multimedia installations including I am not Me, the Horse is not Mine, The Refusal of Time, recent animations and paintings, and finally the titular project Notes Towards a Model Opera, a new work related to the particular aesthetics and ideals of socialist China. Originating at UCCA, the exhibition will subsequently travel to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, and other venues throughout East Asia. As Kentridge’s largest exhibition in East Asia to date, this comprehensive overview offers a pathway to understanding his work particularly suited to the Chinese context and its unique experience of modernity.

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