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Claudette Johnson (born in 1959) is a British artist. She is known for her large-scale drawings of Black women and involvement with the BLK Art Group. ==Biography== Claudette Johnson was born in Manchester, UK. She studied Fine Art at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. While still a student there, she joined the BLK Art Group and took part in their second show at the Africa Centre in 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://keithpiper.info/statement.htm )〕 Her talk and seminar at the First National Black Arts Conference in 1982 is recognised as a formative moment in the Black feminist art movement in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/politics-art-school )〕 Her work has featured in such important group exhibitions as ''Five Black Women Artists'' at London's Africa Centre Gallery in 1983, ''Black Woman Time Now'' at Battersea Arts Centre in the same year, and ''The Thin Black Line'' at the ICA in London in 1986.〔("Claudette Johnson" ) at Diaspora Artists.〕 Reviewing her 1992 solo exhibition ''In This Skin: Drawings by Claudette Johnson'', at the Black Art Gallery, London, artist Steve McQueen (at the time a student at Goldsmiths College) wrote: "What she does is to bring out the soul, sensuality, dignity, and spirituality of the black woman....Claudette Johnson's work is rooted in her African heritage. Her talent is as powerful as it is obvious."〔Steven McQueen, "In This Skin: featuring Claudette Johnson", ''African Peoples Review'', August 1992, p. 5. Quoted in Eddie Chambers, ''Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present'', pp. 146–147.〕 Lubaina Himid describes Johnson's work as "deeply sensuous" and "richly coloured". The artist calls the Black women in her drawings "monoliths, larger than life versions of women".〔 Eddie Chambers notes: "These portraits were imposing pieces that demanded the viewer’s attention, as well as their respect."〔Eddie Chambers, ''Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present'', I.B. Tauris, 2014, p. 146.〕 In 2011 Johnson co-founded the BLK Arts Research Group with Marlene Smith and Keith Piper, to re-examine the BLK Arts Group's body of work and historical legacy. In 2012, two major projects were staged by this research group: a symposium with a retrospective exhibition entitled "The Blk Art Group" was held at the Graves Gallery, Sheffield, and an international conference entitled "Reframing the Moment" was held at the University of Wolverhampton.〔 Johnson's work is in the collections of the Arts Council, Mappin Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery and Wolverhampton Art Gallery〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thinblacklines.info/about_the_artists )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claudette Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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