December 1st, 2015 – March 27th, 2016

 

Venue
Gallery 2,3,4 and the corridor space, MMCA KOREA (Seoul)

 

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul is pleased to present William Kentridge: Peripheral Thinking, the first large-scale solo exhibition in Korea by the South African artist William Kentridge. Held from December 1st, 2015 to March 27th, 2016 in galleries 2, 3 and 4, and the corridor space in MMCA Seoul, the exhibition presents Kentridge’s internationally-acclaimed drawing animation works that are reflective of the history and society of South Africa.  Born as the son of human rights attorney in Johannesburg in the midst of racism and revolts in South Africa, Kentridge’s interdisciplinary art practice encompassing a wide range of genres demonstrates his deep insight and rich awareness in a diversity of fields including philosophy, music, film, physics, art and stage art.  The exhibition title is taken from the title of his lecture performance Peripheral Thinking, which not only refers to the logical expansion of thought from a central point, but the flow of thoughts which might not necessarily have logical relations, but freely associate with each other and expand from a subject.  Like the multiple trajectories of tree branches, our thoughts on a subject do not expand in a linear fashion, but in many angles from a certain point.   - curated by Soojung Yi, MMCA Seoul