Sue Williamson: Jenny Curtis Schoon Jenny Curtis Schoon was a woman who was exiled for her political activities. In 1984 a parcel bomb blew up her and her small daughter Katryn. Such acts by the government to eliminate certain people were common. It is a photoetching/screenprint collage, and it resembles a burnt, damaged cardboard box representing the parcel bomb. The people in the foreground are those close to Schoon, such as her parents, siblings and Helen Joseph (a political activist and member of the Democratic Party), her mentor. There is also a group of trade unionists, showing Schoon's attempts to get trade unions going. Her husband is also in the group. They are all positioned close to her heart to show their figurative closeness to her. The colours Williamson has used are also significant. The white of Schoon's clothes makes her appear almost saintly. The colour shows purity, youth and innocence. The purple used for her daughter and in the left-hand corner symbolises their deaths. The formal, geometric lines that house the subject show the order of her life. This is contrasted by the burnt and irregular lines on the outside, showing the destruction and devastation of her untimely death.