Sonia Boyce in LIFE BETWEEN ISLANDS, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Making its way across the Atlantic to the Art Gallery of Ontario from Tate Britain, 'Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s–Now' examines the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain and reconsiders British art history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a Caribbean perspective.
The landmark survey group exhibition addresses timely and relevant themes such as the role of culture in de-colonisation, the meaning of home, the reclaiming of ancestral traditions, the nature of Caribbean and diasporic identity, as well as racial discrimination and socio-political conflict. The exhibition includes a significant early work by Sonia Boyce, She Ain't Holding Them Up, She's Holding On (Some English Rose), (1986), among artworks by more than 30 artists including Frank Bowling, Aubrey Williams, Donald Locke, Horace Ové, Claudette Johnson, Peter Doig, Hurvin Anderson, Barbara Walker and Alberta Whittle.
‘Life Between Islands’ seeks to highlight the new identities, communities and cultural forms forged by Caribbean-British people. These developments have taken place in the face of hostility and discrimination, with defiance, solidarity, and creativity. The exhibition reveals the ways in which people of the Caribbean diaspora have created a distinctly Caribbean-British culture while influencing British society as a whole.
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Organised by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the exhibition was originally presented at Tate Britain, London, UK (1 December 2021 – 3 April 2022).
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Co-Curated by David A. Bailey, Director, International Curators Forum, and Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain.
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Life Between Islands – Caribbean–British Art 1950s-NOW,
Art Gallery of Ontario,
317 Dundas St.
W, Toronto ON,
Canada.
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