Burton draws our attention to history as an unfixed story. Some events are lost to time, motivations are often unknowable. The history we are told is often a biased, paler version of reality.

Sarah McClintock, Curator, the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakutu
Originally displayed and now toured by The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson. Image: Sally Burton: Pale History, installation images at The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu (photograph: John Paul Pochin)