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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
David Connett

British artist Sonia Boyce wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale

Sonia Boyce poses with her award in Venice.
Sonia Boyce poses with her award in Venice. Photograph: Mirco Toniolo/REX/Shutterstock

British artist Sonia Boyce won the Venice Biennale’s top Golden Lion prize with her work Feeling Her Way, which combined video, collage, music and sculpture. Boyce is the first black woman to represent the UK.

Her work features videos of five black female musicians who improvise and play with their voices. “The rooms of the [British] pavilion are filled with sounds – sometimes harmonious, sometimes clashing – embodying feelings of freedom, power and vulnerability,” according to the British Council, which commissioned the work.

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