NEW YORK.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents William Kentridge, through February 20, 2005 at the North mezzanine gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, Modern Art. William Kentridge, a native of Johannesburg (b. 1955), is an internationally acclaimed artist whose multimedia works present an arresting and forceful commentary on the contemporary cultural and sociopolitical issues in South Africa. Inspired by music, opera, literature, and banal or troubling everyday events, the artist creates highly personal and often haunting works in a variety of media. These include drawing, collage, etching, lithography, sculpture, stage and costume design, and innovative animated film based on bold, crudely executed charcoal drawings. The selection presented, dating from 1989 to 2001, is drawn from the Museum's collection.