Sonia Boyce as the 2022 Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission artist
Cork Street Galleries, in partnership with the British Council, has announced Sonia Boyce as the artist for its Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission 2022. Work from Feeling Her Way, Boyce’s critically acclaimed British Council commission for the British Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, will be unveiled on Cork Street on Thursday 13th October 2022. Launching during Frieze Week, London’s busiest week in the art market calendar, the work will remain on Cork Street for 6 weeks.
Awarded the prestigious Golden Lion award for best national participation at the Venice Biennale, Feeling Her Way is an immersive installation that centres around the vocal experimentation of five outstanding black female musicians. A central theme in Boyce’s practice, the improvisation, interaction, and playfulness that the musicians display in each others’ presence demonstrates the potential of collaborative play as a route to innovation. Embodying feelings of freedom, power, and vulnerability that are so present in Boyce’s exhibition in Venice, larger than life portraits of Tanita Tikaram in Tanita (2021) and Poppy Ajudha in Poppy (2021), two of the five vocalists brought together by the artist, take centre stage on Cork Street.
In addition, the British Council is delighted to share Cultureshock’s specially commissioned video walkthrough of Sonia Boyce’s exhibition in Venice with members of the public via QR codes placed on the street.
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Cork Street Galleries,
London, W1S
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