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Angela Davis Johnson creates paintings, public art installations, and ritual performances to examine the technologies of black people, in particular black women/femme. She merges art and contemplative practices to generate works that bring personal and communal visioning around ending poverty, displacement, and state sanctioned violence.
2,856 Followers, 1,560 Following, 2 Posts - Angela Davis Johnson (@angeladjohnson) on Instagram: "Artist. Dreamer. Listener. I explore the stories of my people through light, color, movement, and Hollerin. 🌷"
11 de dic. de 2018 · Angela Davis Johnson got a similar response when she showed curators her paintings, which almost always feature black women and fabrics to pay homage to her seamstress mother.
27 de jul. de 2020 · Angela Davis Johnson explores “universal connections, identity, and historical occurrences through personal symbols.” Davis Johnson’s work addresses several issues facing black women including trauma, domestic violence, poverty, gentrification, state-sanctioned violence, the silencing of black women, and displacement.
Angela Davis Johnson is also a multidisciplinary artist whose art relies heavily on storytelling and the evolving identity of black people throughout history. A mostly self-taught artist, she highlights overlooked aspects of Black life – facial expressions, the struggles and joys of daily living and personal style.
Angela Davis Johnson is a community-informed, interdisciplinary artist who migrates between Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Arkansas. Her work is rooted in the traditions of black people in what’s known today as the United States American South and is inspired by the collective ancestral memory of the entire African Diaspora.
23 de jul. de 2018 · Sweeping strokes of color illuminate the vulnerable stares of the women in Angela Davis Johnson’s portraits. Some are suspended from the ceiling, others are immersed in a pool of blue water or covered in Georgia red clay, and a few hang on the walls in BLU BLAK, the artist’s solo exhibition at MINT Gallery through July 28.
