Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space Baldwin James from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to the Akron Art Museum

somewhere between an essay and a prose poem

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Simmons's original

Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space Baldwin James from the Guggenheim Abu DhabiWalther Konig Verlag, 2024, softcover, 88 pages, 31 x 24 cm 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