Sonia Boyce: Just for the Record
Simon Lee Gallery
Simon Lee Gallery is proud to present Just for the Record, Sonia Boyce OBE RA’s inaugural solo exhibition at the gallery. On view from 12 October – 16 December 2022, the exhibition coincides with Boyce’s Cork Street Banners commission which will be unveiled on 13 October 2022.
Since 1999, Sonia Boyce’s Devotional project has worked in dialogue with the public to collectively gather the names and memorabilia of black British women in music. Just for the Record presents a series of new works that both extend this project and turn memorabilia into material through which ideas of appropriation, play and chance in the art- making process are explored.
Sonia Boyce’s inaugural exhibition at the gallery is the artist’s first solo presentation since FEELING HER WAY, a major new commission for the British Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia for which she was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Following this historic win, the works in Just for the Record come together to offer unique insight into the artist’s contemporary practice.
Image: Just One Minute More, 2016, 1 Minute More, TRT: 59 Seconds, Monitor dimensions variable. Photo: Copyright of the artist © Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022.
