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Sonia Boyce

Missionary Position II, 1985

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About the artwork

In this piece, Sonia Boyce explores her growing frustration towards her Christian upbringing, and its use as a tool of Imperial control. The writing on the wall behind the figures reads ’Missionary Position II / position changing’. Both figures are modelled on Boyce herself- the upright figure in yellow prays with eyes closed, whilst the figure in red reclines, her hand outstretched towards the other. The inscription at the bottom reads: ‘Laard but look my trials nuh - they say keep politics out of religion and religion out of politics but when were they ever seperate? [sic] Laard give me strength’.

Abstract Art

Artist Sonia Boyce
Artwork Missionary Position II
Material FSC Certified paper and wood
Date of work 1985
Credit Original: Missionary Position II 1985 Watercolour, pastel and crayon on paper 1238 x 1830 mm Tate. Purchased 1987 © Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sonia Boyce (born 1962), is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, teacher and Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts London. She works in a variety of media, including paint, drawing, video, photography and print, and has worked closely with other artists since the 1990s, exploring collaboration and improvisation. She became a Royal Academician in 2016, was awarded an OBE and an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in 2019, and will represent Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2022. In 1987 she was one of the youngest artists to enter Tate collection with the acquisition of Missionary Position II,1985.

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