威廉·肯特里奇,出生于南非的约翰内斯堡,其父母分别是立陶宛以及德国移民且都是律师,父亲更是南非著名人权律师,曾担任过曼德拉的辩护律师。也许是因为如此家庭背景的原因,使得肯特里奇很早就接触并了解到了南非的种族隔离以及种族隔离阴影下南非扭曲的社会生活。并且这种对于种族隔离的记忆,也对肯特里奇以后的创作产生了极为深刻的影响,特别是肯特里奇早期的作品都是从这方面出发并且是肯特里奇的主线。 William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His parents are immigrants from Lithuania and Germany. Both are lawyers. His father is also a famous South African human rights lawyer. He was a defense lawyer for Mandela. Perhaps because of this family background, Kentrich touched and learned about South Africa’s apartheid and distorted South African social life under the shadow of apartheid. And this kind of memory of apartheid has also had a profound impact on the later creations of Kentridge. In particular, the early works of Kentridge are based on this point and are the main lines of the Kent Ridge.