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Lot Essay
Good Morning Freedom was created by the acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce as part of her solo show ‘Scat’ at Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts, London) in 2013. The exhibition explored the significance of sound in art through videos from the artist’s multi-media archive The Devotional Collection, charting the history of black women in the music industry. The 1970's hit ‘Good Morning Freedom’ is an uplifting song by the British band Blue Mink, featuring the vocals of Madeline Bell, a US session singer who settled in the UK having started out singing gospel. The print features the infamous chorus lyric ‘A Bee Baw Ba-Ba Ba-Ba Baw’.
Sonia Dawn Boyce MBE (born in London, 1962) is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and working in London. She studied art at East Ham College and Stourbridge College of Art until 1983. She is Professor in Fine Arts at Middlesex University, and Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts, London.
Sonia Dawn Boyce MBE (born in London, 1962) is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and working in London. She studied art at East Ham College and Stourbridge College of Art until 1983. She is Professor in Fine Arts at Middlesex University, and Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts, London.