Called "a dynamic amazement" by New York Times critic Holland Cotter, Williamson confronts South Africa's legacy of slavery and apartheid through her incisive multimedia series
Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 150 color. | 6/2/2026 | Awaiting stock $65.00
Published by SKIRA. Foreword by Andrew Lamprecht. Text by Zoé Whitley, Sean O’ Toole, Sihle Sogaula, Sue Williamson.
Page by page, this striking catalog of South African artist Sue Williamson's (born 1941) major retrospective takes readers on a walk through 45 years of her work. Her politically charged and deeply feminist work spans several mediums, including drawing, printmaking, photography, video and installation.
This monograph celebrates the forty-year artistic career of Sue Williamson, one of South Africa’s most respected artists and a key member of the pioneering generation whose work challenged the Apartheid state in the 1970s and 1980s.
Mark Gevisser is a prize-winning South African author and journalist. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a senior research professor at the University of the Free State in South Africa. Ciraj Rassool directs the University of the Western Cape’s African Program in museum and heritage studies.Chika Okeke-Agulu is an Igbo-Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and blogger.