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Claudette Johnson has been making larger than life drawings of Black women since the early 1980s. She is motivated by an attempt to convey individuals without distortion or caricature, both as subject and form. Her figures are monolithic, seemingly to resist their containment within the edges of the paper. She usually works from life onto large sheets of paper taped to her studio wall. She begins with a dry pastel drawing, which she often paints over in sections using blocks of watercolour and gouache paint, before adding a final layer of drawing with pastel. The results are richly coloured and sensuous images that convey a sense of urgency in their expressive broken lines and pulsing forms. Standing Figure with African Masks was painted from life in the artist’s studio in East London, using a small mirror placed on a chair. Although she doesn't consider the work a self-portrait, it's the first recognisable image that Johnson has made using herself.
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'I am a Blackwoman and my work is concerned with making images of Blackwomen... I’m interested in our humanity, our feelings and our politics; some things which have been neglected… I have a sense of urgency about our ‘apparent’ absence in a space we’ve inhabited for several centuries.'
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Claudette Johnson's Standing Figure with African Masks 2018 is currently on display @mao_gallery in Oxford, UK.
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