Sonia Boyce

_Rice n Peas_, 1982. Pastel on paper. 137 x 102cm. Photo: Rob Harris. Courtesy ICA, London. — *Rice n Peas*, 1982. Pastel on paper. 137 x 102cm. Photo: Rob Harris. Courtesy ICA, London.

Organised by curator and art historian Alison M. Gingeras, this exhibition challenges the notion that women were largely absent from art before the late 1800s. The nine-part visual narrative is a testament to the enduring and dynamic creativity of women artists over the last 500 years. The result is a collection of nearly 200 works, including paintings by Renaissance, Baroque and 19th-century women artists through more contemporary works, offering a centuries-long visual history of women’s “emancipation.”

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