The Refusal of Time
Object type: Installation
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: William Kentridge
Artist bio: South African, born Johannesburg, 1955
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: South African
Date: 2012
Medium: Five-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 30 min.; steel megaphones, and a breathing machine (“elephant”)
Dimensions: Variable
Classification: Variable Media
Credit line: Jointly owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2013. Purchased for The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and Wendy Fisher Gifts and The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund.

Accession year: 2013