At Frieze London 2022, Lia Rumma Gallery (Milan) brings together artists including Marina Abramović, William Kentridge, Gian Maria Tosatti and Ettore Spalletti with works focused on the theme of landscape.
William Kentridge is not only one of the most interesting artists in the international contemporary art world today. In fact, he is one of the most important creative figures of the 20th-21st centuries and undoubtedly the leading Jewish artist of the last century. Kentridge tops the list of artists able to summarize and interpret historical, political, social, and artistic contexts through his work. The impact of his drawings, the traces they leave behind and his interpretation of the characters he creates offer a double reading within the historical-political context experienced by this artist himself. William Kentridge’s way of portraying apartheid has made him a unique figure in the defense of human rights, insofar as that can be seen as an obligation on his part. The artist uses his works as a weapon against the injustices that the legacy of colonialism has left in his country. William Kentridge’s work is a reflection. His Jewish origins marked his entire career like a deep wound that never healed. Through his work, the artist has dedicated himself to the constant reminder of past atrocities, while his tapestries have provided him with a new means of responding to unexplained deeds.
