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Rashid Johnson (born 1977) is an American artist who produces conceptual post-black art. Johnson first received critical attention in 2001 at the age of 24, when his work was included in Freestyle (2001) curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He studied at Columbia College Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his work has been exhibited around the world.
Dec 19, 2016 · Born in Chicago in 1977, Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, matenality, and critical history.
Oct 3, 2023 · Rashid Johnson was a blue-chip artist whose work offered a radically fresh portrayal of Black cultural identity. Then he got sober, found God, and began to transform the art world from the inside.
Rashid Johnson is an African-American Conceptual artist often hailed as a standard bearer for post-black art. Working in sculpture and photography, the artist employs vernacular yet culturally loaded objects, including shea butter, funk albums, and space rocks, to create works like Cosmic Slop (2011). “When I was younger, I would see shea butter being sold on the street, and I was interested ...
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Tennis 006 is a sartorial study of tennis as an artform. Drawing cues from the work of artist and tennis player Rashid Johnson’s meditative and highly physical practice, the collection features 14 new silhouettes engineered for ease of movement.
Sep 23, 2021 · One of the two 9-by-25-foot mosaic panels Rashid Johnson created for the luxe interior of the Met Opera. Each is titled “The Broken Nine.” Credit...
Dec 13, 2021 · After meeting at a neighborhood bar a little more than a decade ago, Rashid Johnson and Joel Mesler became such fixtures together on New York’s Lower East Side—where Johnson lived and Mesler ...
Oct 28, 2015 · Mr. Johnson’s new Manhattan show explores African-American identity while engaging in rich dialogue with other artists. Here is a visual tour of “Anxious Men” and its influences.
Jun 11, 2022 · These are among his few obvious allusions to his African-American heritage. Johnson is often described as a “post-black” artist — a phrase coined by the director of the Studio Museum in ...
