Kentridge's 'Seeing Double' at Marian Goodman Gallery Showcases Optical Experiments and Stage Preparations

The exhibition 'Seeing Double' by William Kentridge took place at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York City from January 16 to February 16, 2008. This showcase included theatrical installations and optical experiments, featuring stereoscopic prints that required special lenses. Among the highlights were two massive charcoal drawings of a rhinoceros, each measuring nearly 7 by 8 feet, positioned opposite each other and reflecting in a V-shaped mirror, alluding to Albrecht Dürer's 'Melancholia.' Three circular tables exhibited anamorphic pieces from Kentridge's 2007 work 'What Will Come.' An 8-minute animated film, projected onto a table, was set to vintage Italian war music. The exhibition also showcased various media and a room filled with sculptures for Kentridge's adaptation of Shostakovich's 'The Nose (Horse).' Kentridge's artistic approach merges realism with expressionism, drawing inspiration from George Grosz and Max Beckmann.