Title

William Kentridge: That which we do not remember.

Venues

Art Gallery Of South Australia. (6 July 2019 – 8 September 2019)

Date

(2019)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (SA). Prints.

Curator

Devenport, Rhana.

Web address

https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/w…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Described as one of the most powerful voices in art today, William Kentridge emerged as an artist during the apartheid regime in South Africa.

That which we do not remember, an exhibition curated by the artist himself, traces the arc of Kentridge’s thirty-year career and draws connections between the myriad aspects of his work including drawing, collage, stop-motion animation, performance, theatre, tapestry and sculpture.

Memory, its excavation and erasure, lies at the heart of his practice. As Kentridge explains, ‘One understands that there is a very narrow band of memory in which we can survive. If we forget everything, as in a kind of dementia or Alzheimer’s, it’s very difficult to function in the world. But if we remember everything, we’re also paralysed by trauma, by memory.’

Lauded by critics and visitors alike during its premiere at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, William Kentridge: That which we do not remember features loans from the artist’s studio and from the collection of Naomi Milgrom AO. Ingeniously installed as a series of intimate encounters, the exhibition has been designed by Sabine Theunissen, who has worked with Kentridge since 2005.

[Art Gallery of South Australia media, 2019].

Last Updated

28 Mar 2025