Cross-generational dialogue and the transmission of memories activated the Barnes Foundation's exhibition, Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye: Tell Me What You Remember. In juxtaposing the works of Sue Williamson (b. 1941) and Lebohang Kganye (b. 1990), the exhibition explored how lived experiences under South Africa's apartheid regime are remembered, recorded, and transmitted. For Williamson, whose artistic career began in the late 1970s, activism has served as an important guiding principle in her work. Williamson responded to the call for artists to serve as cultural workers, joining many others who deployed their artwork in the struggle against apartheid. Through various media, Williamson documented the voices and narratives of individuals who endured and resisted apartheid. On the other hand, Kganye was born in the same year that Nelson Mandela was released from prison and official negotiations over the end of apartheid began, making her an artist of the “born free” generation. Working...

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