1990 to 1999
1990
WORK
Makes Monument, 16mm, video transfer, 3:11 min, second animated film in series Drawings for Projection
EXHIBITIONS
William Kentridge: Drawings and Graphics (solo), Cassirer Fine Art and Gallery on The Market, Johannesburg
William Kentridge: Drawings (solo), Gallery International, Cape Town
1991
WORK
Makes Mine, 16mm, video transfer, 5:50 min, third animated film in series Drawings for Projection, which wins Weekly Mail Short Film Competition
Makes Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old, 16mm, video transfer, 9:00 min, fourth animated film in series Drawings for Projection
EXHIBITIONS
Little Morals (group), with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, Taking Liberties Gallery, Durban
Cape Town Triennial (group), South African National Gallery, Cape Town
AWARDS
Rembrandt Gold Medal, 1991 Cape Town Triennial
1992
LIFE
Birth of son, Samuel Kentridge
WORK
Makes Easing the Passing (of the Hours), computer animation, video transfer, 10:00 min, collaboration with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins
Conceives and directs Woyzeck on the Highveld, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, premieres at National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown; revival in 2008 at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, and Playhouse Theatre, Perth; again in 2009 at Festival d’Automne, Paris, followed by tour to Rome, Chalons, Wroclaw, Girona, Bordeaux, Madrid, Granada, Malaga, Seville, Annecy, Mulhouse and Strasbourg; again in 2011 at Minneapolis, Chapel Hill, Milan, Combs la Ville, Sartrouville, Lisbon, London, Charleville Meziere, Bolzano, Budapest, Coventry, Belfast, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Truro, Exeter and Oxford
EXHIBITIONS
Drawings for Projection (solo), Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg; travels to Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London
1993
LIFE
Moves studio from Bertrams to family home in Houghton, Johannesburg
EXHIBITIONS
William Kentridge (solo), Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles
Retrospective of seven films from 1984 to 1993 at Edinburgh International Film Festival
Easing the Passing (of the Hours) (group), with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
1994
WORK
Makes Felix in Exile, 35mm, video transfer, 8:43 min, fifth animated film in series Drawings for Projection
Makes Memo, animated film, 3:00 min, collaboration with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins
EXHIBITIONS
William Kentridge: Felix in Exile (solo), Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.
Trackings: History as Memory, Document & Object. New Works by Four South African Artists (group), with Malcolm Payne, Penny Siopis and Sue Williamson, Art First, London
1995
WORK
Conceives and directs Faustus in Africa!, collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, premieres at Kunstfest, Weimar
EXHIBITIONS
Eidophusikon (solo), curated by Lorna Ferguson, fourth International Biennale of Istanbul
Africus (group), 1st Johannesburg Biennale, curated by Lorna Ferguson, various venues, Newtown, Johannesburg; shows Memory and Geography, collaboration with Doris Bloom, includes drawings, film and two outdoor landscape drawings, Fire Gate and Heart Drawing
1996
LIFE
Relocates home from Bertrams with family to Houghton, Johannesburg
WORK
Makes History of the Main Complaint, 35mm, transferred to video and laser disc, 5:50 min, sixth animated film in series Drawings for Projection
EXHIBITIONS
Colours: Contemporary Art from South Africa, (group), curated by Alfons Hug and Sabine Vogel, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, presents four films
Faultlines: Inquiries into Truth and Reconciliation (group), curated by Jane Taylor, The Castle, Cape Town
1997
WORK
Makes Ubu Tells the Truth, 35mm animated film with documentary photographs and 16mm archival film, transferred to video, 8:00 min
Conceives and directs Ubu and the Truth Commission, collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, written by Jane Taylor, premieres at Kunstfest, Weimar
EXHIBITIONS
Applied Drawings (solo), Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Trade Routes: History and Geography (group), 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Newtown, Johannesburg; shows Ubu tells the Truth
Documenta X (group), curated by Catherine David, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel; shows Felix in Exile and History of the Main Complaint
Ubu: ± 101 (group), with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, curated by Fiona Rankin-Smith, Observatory Museum, National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown
1998
WORK
Creates animation for, and directs production of, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse, based on opera by Claudio Monteverdi, collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, premieres at Luna Theatre, Brussels; travels in 1998–2000 to Sofiensäle, Vienna, Hebbel Theatre, Berlin, Stads Schouwburg, Amsterdam, Werfthalle, Zurich, Monument Theatre, Grahamstown, State Theatre, Pretoria; in 2004 to Melbourne Festival; in 2007 to La Monnaie, Brussels; in 2008 to La Fenice, Venice, with further shows in Girona, Besancon, Nimes and Toulouse; in 2009 to The Moore Theatre, Seattle, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco and Edinburgh Festival; in 2010 to Theater der Welt, Essen; in 2019 to Teatro Massimo, Palermo, and City Recital Hall, Sydney; in 2021 to Mudam: Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Makes Weighing and Wanting, 16mm, video transfer, 6:20 min, seventh animated film in series Drawings for Projection
EXHIBITIONS
William Kentridge: Drawings for Projection (solo), The Drawing Center, New York
Weighing and Wanting (solo), curated by Hugh M. Davies, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
William Kentridge (solo), Stephen Friedman Gallery and A22 Gallery, London
William Kentridge (solo), curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Piet Coessens, at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1999
LIFE
Sydney Kentridge, WK’s father, becomes a Knight Commander of the British Order of St Michael and St George
WORK
Makes Stereoscope, 35mm animated film, video transfer, 8:22 min, eighth animated film in series Drawings for Projection
Makes Shadow Procession, animated film using three-dimensional objects and paper cut-out figures, 7:15 min
Makes Sleeping on Glass, animated film using three-dimensional objects, a live actor and charcoal drawing, 8:11 min
Makes Overvloed, animated film for oval, domed ceiling using paper cut-out figures, shadows, text fragments, charcoal and pastel drawing, water and video footage, 6:00 min
AWARDS
53rd Carnegie Prize, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; WK is first filmmaker to be awarded prize
