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Johnson, Loni - Homage
Description
An account of the resource
The altarpiece <strong>Homage </strong>is a mixed media installation that references the importance of building community by acknowledging the importance of ancestry and ceremonial traditions. The idea for the altar began in 2018 and the objects and relics used in the altar belong to the artist's vast archive of ritual objects. These items are often included in the artist's performances which are always initiated with the consecration of the site after the building of a site-specific shrine. Wooden frames embellished in gold and decorated with everyday objects such as jewelry, beads, lace and cowrie shells, candles found in local Miami botanicas, and black and white family photographs, become agents of material culture and storytelling. The artist draws from her extensive knowledge of West African Yoruba traditions and Afro-Cuban religions to create visual tableaus that have a deep personal resonance. From 2018 to 2020, <strong>Homage</strong> existed as a conceptual work-in-progress. The installation evolved through a syncretic process of visual storytelling that is informed by the artist's longstanding work in the community.
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Title
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Homage no. 1
Creator
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Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Homage by Loni Johnson is an altarpiece that references ancestry, family and community. The altar consists of the objects used on a daily basis by Black women.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family
Women
Ancestry
Altar
Culture
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
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Object
Rights
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Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Altar
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Shrine
Women
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Title
A name given to the resource
Johnson, Loni - Homage
Description
An account of the resource
The altarpiece <strong>Homage </strong>is a mixed media installation that references the importance of building community by acknowledging the importance of ancestry and ceremonial traditions. The idea for the altar began in 2018 and the objects and relics used in the altar belong to the artist's vast archive of ritual objects. These items are often included in the artist's performances which are always initiated with the consecration of the site after the building of a site-specific shrine. Wooden frames embellished in gold and decorated with everyday objects such as jewelry, beads, lace and cowrie shells, candles found in local Miami botanicas, and black and white family photographs, become agents of material culture and storytelling. The artist draws from her extensive knowledge of West African Yoruba traditions and Afro-Cuban religions to create visual tableaus that have a deep personal resonance. From 2018 to 2020, <strong>Homage</strong> existed as a conceptual work-in-progress. The installation evolved through a syncretic process of visual storytelling that is informed by the artist's longstanding work in the community.
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Title
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Homage no. 2
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Homage by artist Loni Johnson is an altarpiece that references ancestry, family and community. The altar consists of the objects used on a daily basis by Black women.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family
Women
Ancestry
Altar
Culture
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Object
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Altar
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Shrine
Women
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Title
A name given to the resource
Johnson, Loni - Homage
Description
An account of the resource
The altarpiece <strong>Homage </strong>is a mixed media installation that references the importance of building community by acknowledging the importance of ancestry and ceremonial traditions. The idea for the altar began in 2018 and the objects and relics used in the altar belong to the artist's vast archive of ritual objects. These items are often included in the artist's performances which are always initiated with the consecration of the site after the building of a site-specific shrine. Wooden frames embellished in gold and decorated with everyday objects such as jewelry, beads, lace and cowrie shells, candles found in local Miami botanicas, and black and white family photographs, become agents of material culture and storytelling. The artist draws from her extensive knowledge of West African Yoruba traditions and Afro-Cuban religions to create visual tableaus that have a deep personal resonance. From 2018 to 2020, <strong>Homage</strong> existed as a conceptual work-in-progress. The installation evolved through a syncretic process of visual storytelling that is informed by the artist's longstanding work in the community.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Homage no. 3
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Homage by artist Loni Johnson is an altarpiece that references ancestry, family and community. The altar consists of the objects used on a daily basis by Black women.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family
Women
Ancestry
Altar
Culture
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Object
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Altar
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Shrine
Women
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Title
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Johnson, Loni - Sketchbooks & Drawings
Description
An account of the resource
Loni Johnson's sketchbooks give us a rich and intimate insight into her exploration of drawing techniques and experimentation with specific imagery. We get a glimpse of creative actions and influences that became integral to the evolution of her practice. Usage of ornamentation, figure studies and visual inquiries that prefigured her involvement in social practice are prevalent in her sketchbooks dating to the period from 2010 to 2020. In her sketchbooks, we see these visual speculations as markers for potential community-building activations. Themes relating to family, ancestry, identity, and community are a mainstay of her practice. The drawings and writings in her sketchbooks also allude to the necessity of creating safe communal spaces for Black women and girls. These themes of belonging and centering women are also pivotal frameworks of her creative practice.
In Loni Johnson’s drawings, we are privy to the visual speculations that propose and envision how ‘Blackness’ inhabits space and moves throughout time towards a place of communitas. Sketches of cocoon-like pods, emblematic wordplays, collages with family photographs and the imaginings of ancestral connections are woven throughout Johnson’s drawings. Early motifs reference cocoon-like pods which function as shelters and safe spaces from which the potential to emerge is both an intentional act and a freeing one. Loni Johnson's practice is dedicated to the imperative of building community and recognizing the transformative agency of this act is the driving force of her artistic and activist platform.
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Sketchbook Studies no.1
Creator
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Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Exterior view of sketchbook.
Subject
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Family
Women
Ancestry
Identity
Culture
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
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Object
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Sketchbooks
Women
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Johnson, Loni - Sketchbooks & Drawings
Description
An account of the resource
Loni Johnson's sketchbooks give us a rich and intimate insight into her exploration of drawing techniques and experimentation with specific imagery. We get a glimpse of creative actions and influences that became integral to the evolution of her practice. Usage of ornamentation, figure studies and visual inquiries that prefigured her involvement in social practice are prevalent in her sketchbooks dating to the period from 2010 to 2020. In her sketchbooks, we see these visual speculations as markers for potential community-building activations. Themes relating to family, ancestry, identity, and community are a mainstay of her practice. The drawings and writings in her sketchbooks also allude to the necessity of creating safe communal spaces for Black women and girls. These themes of belonging and centering women are also pivotal frameworks of her creative practice.
In Loni Johnson’s drawings, we are privy to the visual speculations that propose and envision how ‘Blackness’ inhabits space and moves throughout time towards a place of communitas. Sketches of cocoon-like pods, emblematic wordplays, collages with family photographs and the imaginings of ancestral connections are woven throughout Johnson’s drawings. Early motifs reference cocoon-like pods which function as shelters and safe spaces from which the potential to emerge is both an intentional act and a freeing one. Loni Johnson's practice is dedicated to the imperative of building community and recognizing the transformative agency of this act is the driving force of her artistic and activist platform.
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Title
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Sketchbook Studies no.2
Creator
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Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Sketchbook with ink drawings and wordplays.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family
Women
Ancestry
Identity
Culture
Sketchbooks
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Object
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Sketchbooks
Women
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Johnson, Loni - Sketchbooks & Drawings
Description
An account of the resource
Loni Johnson's sketchbooks give us a rich and intimate insight into her exploration of drawing techniques and experimentation with specific imagery. We get a glimpse of creative actions and influences that became integral to the evolution of her practice. Usage of ornamentation, figure studies and visual inquiries that prefigured her involvement in social practice are prevalent in her sketchbooks dating to the period from 2010 to 2020. In her sketchbooks, we see these visual speculations as markers for potential community-building activations. Themes relating to family, ancestry, identity, and community are a mainstay of her practice. The drawings and writings in her sketchbooks also allude to the necessity of creating safe communal spaces for Black women and girls. These themes of belonging and centering women are also pivotal frameworks of her creative practice.
In Loni Johnson’s drawings, we are privy to the visual speculations that propose and envision how ‘Blackness’ inhabits space and moves throughout time towards a place of communitas. Sketches of cocoon-like pods, emblematic wordplays, collages with family photographs and the imaginings of ancestral connections are woven throughout Johnson’s drawings. Early motifs reference cocoon-like pods which function as shelters and safe spaces from which the potential to emerge is both an intentional act and a freeing one. Loni Johnson's practice is dedicated to the imperative of building community and recognizing the transformative agency of this act is the driving force of her artistic and activist platform.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Sketchbook Studies no.3
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Johnson, Loni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2018
Description
An account of the resource
Sketchbook figure studies and drawings.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Family
Women
Ancestry
Identity
Culture
Sketchbooks
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Object
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Loni Johnson
Photo credit: Frank Casale
Community
Family
Loni Johnson
Motherhood
Sketchbooks
Women