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Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space

Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space

$49.95 at Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Tender yet compelling, Johnson's portraits of herself, her friends and her relatives are touchstones of Black figuration. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson (born 1959) creates large-scale drawings of Black people that are intimate and powerful. Working across many mediums, Johnson seeks, in her own words, “to tell a different story about our presence in this country.” Edited by Justine Do Espirito Santo, Lisa Panting, Elizaveta Shneyderman, Grace Storey. Text by Dorothy…