Sonia Boyce: Post-1989 Art Strategies

Abstract

The work of Sonia Boyce (born in 1962) assumed its full breadth in the mid-1980s, in particular with her paintings and pastels evoking colonial history and the representation of black women in Great Britain. Missionary Position, acquired by Tate Britain in 1987, and Lay Back Keep Quiet and Think of What Made Britain So Great (1986), a quadriptych conjuring up the conquests of the British Empire in Africa, India and Australia, acquired in 1989 by the Arts Council, both provide a good illustrat...