Democracy’s Images: Photography and Visual Art After Apartheid

Co-curators: Rory Bester and Katarina Pierre

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An exhibition of photography and video art that explored artists' responses to democratisation in South Africa. Participants included Jodi Bieber, Jean Brundrit, Kay Hassan, Senzeni Marasela, Santu Mofokeng, Ruth Motau, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Cedric Nunn, Tracey Rose, Joachim Schönfeldt, Penny Siopis and Minnette Vári. Democracy's Images opened at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden in September 1998, and travelled to Uppsala Art Museum (Uppsala, Sweden), Borås Art Museum (Boras, Sweden), Malmö Museum (Malmö, Sweden), Sundsvalls Museum (Sundsvalls, Sweden), Johannesburg Art Gallery (Johannesburg, South Africa), Impression Gallery (York, UK), and Pori Art Museum (Pori, Finland).