International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of the achievements of women. This year’s campaign theme is Embrace Equality, drawing attention to the fight for equal opportunities across all genders. Aesthetica selected five exhibitions to attend during Women’s History Month, from portraits that challenge art historical symbolism to photomontages that push forward understandings of gender representation.
The selection included “Tell Me What You Remember” by Sue Williamson and Lebohang Kganye at Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
Kganye uses experimental photography as a tool to navigate the multiplicity of identity, as well as recollections of the past. Grainy snaps are pulled from the family album and disrupted. Ghostly outlines of Kganye appear like double-exposures, as she physically inserts herself into the picture, replicating her mother’s clothing and pose. The multi-layered collection is found alongside Sue Williamson’s (b. 1941) reflections on inherited narratives, offering a cross-generational conversation on memory, self-narration and representation.
