
South African Shadow Quartet
Four monumental bronze figures cast elongated shadows that merge and overlap, evoking the layered histories and complex identities of post-apartheid South Africa. Kentridge employs his signature language of shadow and silhouette, transforming the heavy permanence of bronze into something fluid and transient. The quartet suggests both individual presence and collective memory, embodying the tensions between erasure and remembrance that define the nation's ongoing reckoning with its past.
- Medium
- bronze
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 28, 2016
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