William Kentridge presents landmark exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

CELEBRATED South African artist, William Kentridge’s landmark exhibition The Pull of Gravity presented by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) marks the first museum presentation outside South Africa to focus on his sculpture and has been a decade in the making.

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Bringing together over 40 works made between 2007 and 2024, this significant project has been described as a carefully choreographed and multi-sensory journey into Kentridge’s world. The Pull of Gravity presents an extensive body of sculpture across a range of scales and materials, including bronze, steel, aluminium, paper, cardboard, plaster, wood, and found objects.

It features the first institutional presentation of Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2020-24). Event organisers say this series of short films was embarked upon during the first Covid-19 lockdown and allows audiences an intimate insight into the life of Kentridge’s studio, the workings of his mind, and the energy and agency of making.

In the central gallery space, two films - More Sweetly Play the Dance (2015) and Oh To Believe In Another World (2022) - are shown in rotation in an immersive installation across seven screens. They span over 20 metres and wrap around the viewers, surrounding them with music and movement.