Untitled ,2007
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Notes : An edition of this sculpture was first exhibited in William Kentridge’s 2007 solo exhibition What Will Come at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg before its 2008 debut in New York at Marian Goodman Gallery in Seeing Double. The work formed part of a series of equestrian sculptures created as part of a larger project which Kentridge developed as a prelude to his production of Dimitri Shostakovich’s opera, The Nose (1930), which opened in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.The horse features as a signature character in several bodies of work, taking on different forms as its image moves through the various mediums Kentridge chooses to work in - a drawing or etching, a tapestry, a performance on stage or a projection. Here, as a sculpture, it shows the artists’ masterful inventiveness when working in three-dimensional form. Horse with a Raised Leg is a visually compelling work, which sees its conceptual origin in a silhouette of a torn paper horse made for an animation, transformed into an intriguing mixed media assemblage construction cast in bronze.A large scale review exhibition of Kentridge’s sculptures; Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture is currently on at the Norval Foundation in Cape Town.
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