William Kentridge at SF MoMA

So I traveled into the city earlier in the week and boy am I glad I did! This was the first time I had ever checked out SF MoMA, and I have to admit, that I was not disappointed in the slightest!
The main exhibit they were hosting was William Kentridge's works- quite a few of them actually!
His films are very interesting-

erotic in some ways, grotesque in others- provocative in many! Casualties in war and torture seem to be his focus for certain. The musical pieces attached to his animations and play are very interesting- VERY striking! They add an emotion that might very well not be there otherwise.
He makes something that could feel so silly and ridiculous feel serious, extreme, captivating. There seems to be a great deal of pain and sorrow and ANGER represented in his pieces. They're almost a rebuke.
The Black Box!- This was moving to say the least.

He adds a lot of gears and anamotronics to his pieces... especially this one. It is an interesting addition. I've had some time to mull over this for a little while, and I somewhat wonder if he is making a point by personifying metal gears and non-living things. I'm sure titling his little "play" The Black Box is a point in it of itself- referencing television, but what of the "puppets?" Perhaps you all can give me a slight insight?
His sculpture work is fascinating. Grotesque and disturbing in some ways, but simplistic and awesome.
There is a defined uniformity within his chaos.
His drawings are very intriguing-


using multiple mediums to achieve something that could not otherwise be communicated with just one, but all mediums he utilizes are very simple. He rarely uses paint, relying mostly upon charcoal. He achieves in charcoal what some painters only HOPE they could convey!
The fleshy tones mixed with red and black inks makes me think of tanned, worn skin caked with mud, paint (perhaps war paint?), and blood. The faces etched with pain and turmoil, but the bodies so free and charismatic. An air of apathy- perhaps a body that is trapped- connected to a heart and soul so full of pain and turmoil, so broken.
Drawing for II Sole 24 Ore- This piece in particular is inspiring and remarkable!

CONFIDENT strokes, an intensity exists within this piece I wish I could define!
Something is almost Boschesque about some of it- or Duchamp, Dali, even some Millet!
Sometimes he draws almost as if photographing- such a simple subject that exudes a statement so powerful.