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Installation view: Sue Williamson at Tate Modern

Sue Williamson at Tate Modern

A story by Claire May van Blerck on the 27th of January 2016. This should take you < 1 minute to read.

Installation view: Sue Williamson at Tate Modern

Installation view: Sue Williamson at Tate Modern

Large images of these individual works can be viewed here.


From the wall label:

Sue Williamson 1941
Born Britain, works South Africa

From A Few South Africans 1983
Photo-etching and screenprint
on papers on paper

Williamson was closely involved in the struggle against apartheid. This series of prints celebrates the often unsung role played by women in the campaign, with accompanying texts by the artist. Each print combines a number of painstaking techniques on paper, bringing together elements that relate to the sitter’s biography. The decorative border surrounding each portrait pays homage to domestic practice in the townships, where important photographs are displayed with coloured paper and printed ephemera


 

Sue’s work is displayed in Room 9 of the Tate Modern permanent collection exhibition titled ‘Citizens and States’.

Tate Modern | Information Card

 

 

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