Sue

Williamson

Traces

South

Africa’s

History,

Sidestepping

Memorials

and

Myths

Sue Williamson’s practice, rooted in South African history and influenced by her journalistic background, spans photography, drawing, and installation to probe themes of memory and remembrance. Throughout her work, injustice (and perhaps even evil) is made vividly evident. Since the early 1970s, she has documented various communities’ pleas for justice, explored the harsh realities of apartheid, and laid bare the lingering effects of colonialism—including migration, dispossession, and dislocation. Her first-ever retrospective, “There’s something I must tell you,” on view at Iziko National Gallery in Cape Town through September 24, reveals these throughlines.