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Sonia Boyce. Photo by Paul Cochrane, courtesy of UAL, 2013.
There are serious questions about how people can come together, particularly when there might be tensions around differences. But through art it is possible.
Sonia Boyce, Devotional, 2018. © Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2020. Image courtesy Manchester Art Gallery. Photo Mike Pollard.
Boyce’s work raises important questions about the nature of creativity, questioning who makes art, how ideas are formed, and the nature of authorship. At such a pivotal moment in the UK’s history, the committee has chosen an artist whose work embodies inclusiveness, generosity, experimentation and the importance of working together.
Sonia Boyce, For you, only you, 2007. Installation view. Three-channel video installation. © Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2020. Photo by Mike Pollard.