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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Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye: Tell Me What You Remember
curated by Emma
Lewis
The Barnes Foundation
, Philadelphia, PA
March 5-May 21,2023
Michael W. Zhang
Michael W. Zhang
Michael W. Zhang received a PhD in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, specializing in South African art history. His dissertation examines corporate sponsorship of the arts in apartheid South Africa. [email protected]
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Michael W. Zhang
Michael W. Zhang received a PhD in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, specializing in South African art history. His dissertation examines corporate sponsorship of the arts in apartheid South Africa. [email protected]
Online ISSN: 1937-2108
Print ISSN: 0001-9933
© 2025 by the Regents of the University of California
2025
Regents of the University of California
African Arts (2025) 58 (1): 83–86.
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Michael W. Zhang; Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye: Tell Me What You Remember curated by Emma Lewis. African Arts 2025; 58 (1): 83–86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00792
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