William Kentridge Exhibition

William Kentridge: Five Themes on in Melbourne at ACMI Federation Square

Thursday 8 March - Sunday 27 May 2012

Exhibition open daily 10am - 6pm

William Kentridge: Five Themes features over 60 works ranging from animations, drawings and prints to theatre models, sculptures and books. An unmissable survey of a phenomenal artistic talent, it explores five key themes of Kentridge's career, including his direction of The Magic Flute for the renowned Belgian opera house, La Monnaie, and the animated films he developed for a 2010 production of The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.


Tackling issues of colonial oppression, reconciliation, and the transient nature of individual and shared memory, Kentridge deftly combines the political with the poetic in work that moves across various artforms, from visual art to theatre to the world of the moving image. Inspired by European literature, classical music and opera, plays and early cinema, Kentridge uses archetypal characters to build whimsical, poignant and playful narratives in which good and evil are both complementary and inseparable forces.


View the exhibition trailer
Take a tour through the exhibition
Download the audio/video tour

William Kentridge on his artmaking process.

Double Exposure Photography

Florian Imgrund

Dan Mountford

Jeen Na

Three examples of double exposure photography from different artists.

German photographer Florian Imgrund acquired his first film camera in the summer of 2010 and has made incredibly good use of it since. All of his double exposure work is done completely in camera without the use of photoshop, and often merges human forms with the natural landscape. Dan Mountford also does most of his effects in camera, although some details are added afterwards in Illustrator. Then last but not least Jeen Na. See more on their Flickr pages.


You can experiment creating this effect using Photoshop. Here is a very simple tutorial to get you started.

On the streets of Uruguay

These are photographs of a collaboration between Pablo S. Herrero and David de la Mano in Montevideo, Uruguay (via street art utopia, from Colossal).

Artist as social and political commentator - Ai Wei Wei

Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese  contemporary artist who works as a sculptor, installation artist, photographer, filmaker and architect. His  is highly critical of the Chinese government and he uses his artwork to communicate and inform his audience. Watch the TED talk and hear Ai Wei Wei discuss his artwork and the treatment he has endured from the Chinese authorities.