Articles of ‘Rashid Johnson’

The oeuvre of Chicago-born artist Rashid Johnson (born in 1977, lives and works in New York) is abundant in references to African-American culture: Shea butter, African animal skins and icons of African-American literature and music are the subjects that appear in ever-changing constellations. Often they are combined with objects that make a [...]

By Stephen Knudsen
The first museum retrospective for artist Rashid Johnson-an exhibition originating at MCA Chicago this summer and now at the Miami Art Museum-is refreshing the concept of post-black art, a term that has been mulled over by academics for two decades.1
Johnson lectured on his retrospective, “Message to Our Folks,” for a gathering [...]