FEELING HER WAY at Turner Contemporary, Margate
Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Sonia Boyce’s exhibition FEELING HER WAY, which won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2022.
Commissioned by the British Council for the British Pavilion, the installation combines video, collage, music and sculpture to present a body of work that centres around the vocal experimentation of five Black female musicians.
Featuring Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, Tanita Tikaram, and composer Errollyn Wallen, these intergenerational musicians were brought together by Boyce at Abbey Road Studios in London and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm to improvise, interact and play with their voices. Colour-tinted video works take centre stage among tessellating wallpapers, created by Boyce, and golden 3-D geometric structures, which immerse the audience in the work through their highly reflective surfaces.
The commission expands on Boyce’s Devotional Collection, built over 20 years and spanning more than three centuries, which honours the substantial contribution of Black British female musicians to public life and transnational culture.
With the support of the Art Fund, the exhibition will tour to Leeds Art Gallery from 25 May – 5 November 2023.
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FEELING HER WAY
Turner Contemporary,
Rendezvous, Margate, CT9 1HG
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