William Kentridge

-Born 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa
-Best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films.
-Art focuses mainly on South African political and social issues
-Other known art includes work in opera, tapestries, and sculpture.
  A hand-drawn still from a Kentridge animation (1998-99). Kentridge's drawings and videos have a political setting, whilst also discovering the cultural duality of South Africa and his own birth city of Johannesburg.
#5 Mal d'Afrika from L'Inesorabile Avanzata (The Inexorable Advance), 2007, portfolio of five intaglio prints: sugarlift, aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches