William Kentridge: Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
An experiment in embodiment and phenomenological experience in the digital age, a reflection on what might happen in the brain and in the studio of an artist.
“Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot” is an exhibition of thirty-minute episodes by William Kentridge that were primarily created as a series for online viewing. It is an experiment in embodiment and phenomenological experience in the digital age, and a reflection on what might happen in the brain and in the studio of an artist, today.
Shot in his Johannesburg studio during and in the aftermath of the 2020–2022 COVID19 pandemic, and completed in 2023, these works are on view in a unique concentrated environment that partially recreates the studio where they were made.
As a physical exhibition space, the same size as his studio, this installation becomes a place between a private and a public space, the studio of a solitary artist deeply immersed in self-reflection and the joyous space of childhood play and of collaboration with others.
OPENING TIMES: Wed – Sun 10am – 7:30pm
CLOSING DAYS: Mon, Tue
ADDRESS
Arsenale Institute for Politics of Representation, Riva dei Sette Martiri, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
