South African Artist Wins Spain's Asturias Art Prize
William Kentridge at the Israeli museum in Jerusalem, Israel, on March 6, 2011.
Photographer: Lior Mizrahi/Getty ImagesMadrid (AP) -- South African artist William Kentridge has been awarded one of the annual Princess of Asturias prizes, with organizers describing his work as Africa's most outstanding contribution to international contemporary art.
Kentridge, 62, was born in Johannesburg. His cartoons, or "hand-drawn films," engravings and sculptures have been recognized internationally with exhibitions in the Louvre in Paris and the MOMA in New York.