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April 26, 2021 She Ain’t Holdin’ Them Up, She’s Holdin’ on (Some English Rose), 1986, 7ft by 3ft, by Sonia Boyce (1962–), Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, North Yorkshire. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2021; Janie Airey.
Baroness Lola Young on
She Ain’t Holdin’ Them Up, She’s Holdin’ on (Some English Rose) by Sonia Boyce
‘When I first saw this work by Sonia Boyce RA, I loved it and immediately knew it was significant: it clutched at my heart and brain. In 1986, the art world was still more or less closed to black people’s creative work, except in group shows about “Black Art”.