this is bbc news. we will have the headline straight after her talk. welcome to hardtalk with me zeinab badawi from south africa where my guest has been described as one of the world s greatest living artists. he is william kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town. william kentridge is versatile, hard hitting and his talents span many different genres. but how has south africa s violent and racist past influenced his work as a white artist? william kentridge injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. william kentridge injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio in johannesburg. you were born injohannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware anti apartheid struggle, from a young age i was aware of how unnatural south africa was. there was always a slight disjunction between myself and say, o
In 2020 i travelled to his studio and asked how south african politics influenced his art. william kentridge in johannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio injohannesburg. you were born in johannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti apartheid struggle, from a young age i was aware of how unnatural south africa was. there was always a slight disjunction between myself
Done also is also crazy. it s not to say you re sitting on a fence, it s to understand there is not a fence there are two parallel paths unfolding of a future, and to be aware of the country in its fullest way, you have to be aware of the two different paths at the same time. william kentridge, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. zeinab, thank you so much. sunday was a tale of two halves, weather wise. we had nearly 19 degrees and nine hours of sunshine in southern and eastern areas but we had heavy rain and strong winds in northern
The united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has asked the security council to urgently consider haiti s request for deployment now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me zeinab badawi from south africa where my guest has been described as one of the world s greatest living artists. william kentridge is versatile, hard hitting and his talents span many different genres. he is william kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town.
Your two children are here. what s your take on johannesburg? south africa? where is it at? i think it is. sometimes i would say i m cautiously pessimistic, but i think in south africa you cannot be either an optimist or a pessimist. to claim you re one or the other is to miss what is happening here. so for every disastrous thing and bad decision that is happening, there are extraordinary impulses and projects beginning. but to say, oh, there are these great projects and extraordinary energy and good will that still exists after so little has changed for so many people in south africa, to only see that and not see the damage done also is also crazy. it s not to say you re sitting on a fence, it s to understand there is not a fence there are two parallel paths unfolding of a future, and to be aware of the country in its fullest way, you have to be aware of the two different paths at the same time. william kentridge, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. zeinab, thank yo