Tarnport on Nostr: William H. Johnson. Portrait of Woman in Rocking Chair, ~1945. There a A LOT going on ...

William H. Johnson. Portrait of Woman in Rocking Chair, ~1945.

There a A LOT going on here - in paint, in abstraction, in self-taught vs. naive, in African survival and subversion in America, in balance and contrast, in matriarchy and serenity, in atavistic satisfaction. I have stared at it for two days.

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