Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye

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Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye presents a profound cross-generational dialogue between two celebrated South African artists. Through film, photography, installations, and textiles, Williamson and Kganye explore history, memory, and the shaping of identity via oral histories. Their work confronts racial violence, social injustice, and intergenerational trauma, illuminating the complex inheritance of South Africa's past and the power of storytelling within families and communities.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, South African history, and cultural studies, particularly those keen on exploring themes of memory, identity, and social justice through visual and narrative arts.

Two acclaimed South African artists offer a cross-generational dialogue on history, memory, and the power of self-narration

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Two acclaimed South African artists offer a cross-generational dialogue on history, memory, and the power of self-narration.

Three decades after the dismantling of apartheid began, South Africa’s so-called “born free” generation has reached adulthood, and its artists have used their work to navigate their difficult inheritance. At the same time, the historical distance between their experience and that of an older generation grows.

Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye brings together two of South Africa’s most acclaimed contemporary artists to reflect upon this moment. In their respective practices, Sue Williamson (b. 1941) and Lebohang Kganye (b. 1990) incorporate oral histories into film, photographs, installations, and textiles to consider how, just as formal statements determine collective histories, so the stories our elders tell us shape family narratives and personal identities.

Exploring the complexities involved in the passing down of memories, their works implicitly and explicitly address racial violence, social injustice, and intergenerational trauma. This richly illustrated catalogue features essays that consider themes of voice, testimony, ancestry, and care, and a dialogue between Kganye and Williamson that explores how art can mobilise the healing powers of conversation.

Distributed for the Barnes Foundation

Exhibition Schedule:

The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
(March 5–May 21, 2023)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300269857

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 March 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 100 color illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Lebohang Kganye
Edited by Emma Lewis
Contributions by Sindiwe Magona
Contributions by Portia Malatjie
Contributions by Nkgopoleng Moloi
Contributions by Sue Williamson
Contributions by Lebohang Kganye

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 152

Collections

African History Arts & Culture History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Emma Lewis is assistant curator, international art, at Tate Modern, London.