Rashid Johnson

Rashid Johnson
Rashid Johnson
	Chicago, 1977 (run 47/48)
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	America
Residence	Chicago; New York; Gramercy Park (en) ; The Hamptons (en)
	African Americans (en)
Paɣa/yidana	Sheree Hovsepian (en)
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	Columbia College Chicago (en) ; School of the Art Institute of Chicago (en)
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu	Silmiinsili
Tuma
Tuma	anfooni yaara, film director (en) , installation artist (en) , sculptor (en) ni jewelry designer (en)
Magnum opus	Shea Butter Three Ways (en)
IMDb	nm4462129

Rashid Johnson (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1977) ka o nyɛ African-American ŋun nyɛ nuuni tuunbaŋda.^[1]^[2]^[3] Johnson yuli daa pilila dubu yuuni 2001sahashɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pishi ni anahi, ka tuma daa nyɛ bɛ nivzaŋ shɛli pahi Freestyle (2001), ŋun daa zaŋ li pahi n-nyɛ Thelma Golden, ka o daa zaŋ li kpehi Studio Museum din be Harlem.^[4] O daa chaŋla shikuru Columbia College Chicago mini School of the Art Institute of Chicago ka o tuma gili dunia yaɣa.^[5]

O tuun shɛŋa din pahi

Johnson daa bela sariya diribi ni Otobong Nkanga zaŋ ti Nasher Prize yuuni 2024.^[6]

Maŋmaŋa biɛhigu

Johnson mini nuuni tuunbaŋda Sheree Hovsepian n-niŋ amiliya.^[7] Bɛ bela New York City ka mali bi'dibila.^[8]^[9]

Pina

2012: David C. Driskell Prize

Exhibitions

The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro (2003), Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago;^[10] The Production of Escapism (2005), Indianapolis Contemporary;^[11] Smoke and Mirrors (2009), SculptureCenter, New York;^[12] Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks (2012-2013), originating at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago;^[13] The gathering (2013), Hauser & Wirth, Zurich;^[14] Anxious Men (2015), Drawing Center, New York;^[15] Provocations: Rashid Johnson (2018), Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia;^[16] and The Crisis (2021), Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York.^[17]

He has also participated in many group shows, including Freestyle (2001), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York;^[18] IBCA 2005, Prague;^[19] ILLUMInations (2011), 54th Venice Biennale;^[20] Shanghai Biennale (2012);^[21] Prospect. 4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp (2017), Prospect New Orleans;^[22] ni Liverpool Biennial (2021).^[23]

Notable works in public collections

Michael (1998), Art Institute of Chicago^[24]
Calvin (1999), National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.^[25]
Jonathan (1999), Whitney Museum, New York^[26]
Self-Portrait with my hair parted like Frederick Douglass (2003), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago^[27]
The Evolution of the Negro Political Costume (2004), Brooklyn Museum, New York^[28]
Untitled (2007), Seattle Art Museum^[29]
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (2008), Whitney Museum, New York^[30]
The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett) (2008), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.^[31]
The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Thurgood) (2008), Rubell Museum, Miami;^[32] and Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa^[33]
Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos (2009), Brooklyn Museum, New York;^[34] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco;^[35] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia;^[36] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;^[37] and Whitney Museum, New York^[38]
The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Marcus) (2010), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago^[39]
Our People, Kind of (2010), Museum of Modern Art, New York^[40]
The Treatment (2010), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis^[41]
The New Black Yoga (2011), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York^[42]
River Crossing (2011), Detroit Institute of Arts^[43]
The Sweet Science (2011), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond^[44]
Four for the Talking Cure (2012), Los Angeles County Museum of Art^[45]
Tribe (2013), Pérez Art Museum Miami^[46]
Planet (2014), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.^[47]
Fatherhood (2015), Baltimore Museum of Art^[48]
Untitled (2015), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;^[49] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;^[50] and Whitney Museum, New York^[51]
Untitled Anxious Audience (2017), Milwaukee Art Museum^[52]
Untitled (Anxious Crowd) (2018), Cleveland Museum of Art;^[53] Detroit Institute of Arts;^[54] and Whitney Museum, New York^[55]
Untitled Escape Collage (2018), Dallas Museum of Art^[56]
The Broken Five (2019), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York^[57]
Anxious Red Painting November 29th (2020), Art Institute of Chicago^[58]
Stacked Heads (2020), Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York^[59]
The Bruising: For Jules, The Bird, Jack and Leni (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas^[60]
Standing Broken Men (2021), Cleveland Museum of Art^[61]
Untitled Anxious Red (2021), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.^[62]

Bibliography

Claudia Rankine, Sampada Aranke, Akili Tommasino, Rashid Johnson, Phaidon, London, 2023
Monica Davis, Claudia Schreier, Rashid Johnson: The Hikers, Hauser & Wirth, Aspen, 2021
Ruth Addison, Kate Fowle, Anton Belov, Rashid Johnson, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2016
Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Paul Beatty, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2012

Kundivihira

↑ Cotter, Holland (May 11, 2001). ART REVIEW; A Full Studio Museum Show Starts With 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn. The New York Times.
↑ Johnson, Ken (December 5, 2008). The Art Fair as Outlet Mall. The New York Times.
↑ Planner. Our Critic' Choices. Chicago Tribune (December 30, 2001).
↑ Hackett, Regina (August 9, 2007). "Rashid Johnson, the "post-black" art movement, and a new take on Olympia". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/326980_visual10.html.
↑ Shaw, Cameron (October 28, 2015). "Looking Deeply at the Art of Rashid Johnson". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/01/arts/design/01rashid-johnson-anxious-men.html?_r=1.
↑ Maximilíano Durón (5 October 2023), Otobong Nkanga Wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for Sculpture ARTnews.
↑ Browne, Alix (November 25, 2014). "Artists in Residence Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian can't help but bring their work home.". W Magazine. http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/interiors/2014/11/rashid-johnson-sheree-hovsepian-new-york-home/photos/.
↑ Paddle8 (April 15, 2015). "8 Things to Know About Rashid Johnson". Paddle8. https://paddle8.com/editorial/8-things-to-know-about-rashid-johnson/.
↑ An interview with Rashid Johnson (en-US) (2020-11-08).
↑ Rashid Johnson: The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro. Monique Meloche Gallery.
↑ Celebrated contemporary artist spotlighted at Kemper Art Museum. The St. Louis American (19 September 2013).
↑ Smoke and Mirrors.
↑ Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
↑ The Gathering. Hauser & Wirth.
↑ Anxious Men.
↑ Provocations: Rashid Johnson. Virginia Commonwealth University.
↑ The Crisis. Storm King Art Center.
↑ Cotter, Holland (11 May 2001). "ART REVIEW; A Full Studio Museum Show Starts With 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/arts/art-review-a-full-studio-museum-show-starts-with-28-young-artists-and-a-shoehorn.html.
↑ IBCA 2005 INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART.
↑ Rashid Johnson. ILLUMInations. Universes in Universe.
↑ Shanghai Biennale 2012.
↑ Prospect.4.
↑ Rashid Johnson, Liverpool Biennial. Liverpool Biennial.
↑ Michael. Art Institute of Chicago (1998).
↑ Calvin. Smithsonian Institution.
↑ Jonathan. Whitney Museum.
↑ Self-Portrait with my hair parted like Frederick Douglass. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
↑ The Evolution of the Negro Political Costume.
↑ Untitled.
↑ Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos. Whitney Museum.
↑ The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett). National Gallery of Art.
↑ Rashid Johnson.
↑ THE NEW NEGRO ESCAPIST SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUB (THURGOOD). Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
↑ Thurgood in the House of Chaos.
↑ Thurgood in the House of Chaos. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
↑ Thurgood in the House of Chaos. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (December 28, 2014).
↑ Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
↑ Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos. Whitney Museum.
↑ The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Marcus). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
↑ Our People, Kind of. Museum of Modern Art.
↑ The Treatment. Walker Art Center.
↑ The New Black Yoga. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
↑ River Crossing. Detroit Institute of Arts.
↑ The Sweet Science. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
↑ Four for the Talking Cure. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
↑ Tribe. Pérez Art Museum Miami.
↑ Planet. National Gallery of Art.
↑ Contemporary Collection. Baltimore Museum of Art.
↑ Untitled. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
↑ Two Faces. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
↑ Untitled. Whitney Museum.
↑ Untitled Anxious Audience. Milwaukee Art Museum.
↑ Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Cleveland Museum of Art (March 24, 2020).
↑ Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Detroit Institute of Arts.
↑ Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Whitney Museum.
↑ Untitled Escape Collage. Dallas Museum of Art.
↑ The Broken Five. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
↑ Anxious Red Painting November 29th. Art Institute of Chicago.
↑ Stacked Heads. Storm King Art Center.
↑ The Bruising: For Jules, The Bird, Jack and Leni. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
↑ Standing Broken Men. Cleveland Museum of Art (January 26, 2022).
↑ Untitled Anxious Red. National Gallery of Art.

[ARAFSMSSW2YAaaS-1] Cotter, Holland (May 11, 2001). ART REVIEW; A Full Studio Museum Show Starts With 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn. The New York Times.

[2] Johnson, Ken (December 5, 2008). The Art Fair as Outlet Mall. The New York Times.

[3] Planner. Our Critic' Choices. Chicago Tribune (December 30, 2001).

[RJtpamaantoO-4] Hackett, Regina (August 9, 2007). "Rashid Johnson, the "post-black" art movement, and a new take on Olympia". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/326980_visual10.html.

[NYTimes-AnxiousMen-2015-5] Shaw, Cameron (October 28, 2015). "Looking Deeply at the Art of Rashid Johnson". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/01/arts/design/01rashid-johnson-anxious-men.html?_r=1.

[6] Maximilíano Durón (5 October 2023), Otobong Nkanga Wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for Sculpture ARTnews.

[W-ArtistsinResidence-2014-7] Browne, Alix (November 25, 2014). "Artists in Residence Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian can't help but bring their work home.". W Magazine. http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/interiors/2014/11/rashid-johnson-sheree-hovsepian-new-york-home/photos/.

[Paddle8-8Things-2015-8] Paddle8 (April 15, 2015). "8 Things to Know About Rashid Johnson". Paddle8. https://paddle8.com/editorial/8-things-to-know-about-rashid-johnson/.

[An_interview_with_Rashid_Johnson-9] An interview with Rashid Johnson (en-US) (2020-11-08).

[10] Rashid Johnson: The Rise and Fall of the Proper Negro. Monique Meloche Gallery.

[11] Celebrated contemporary artist spotlighted at Kemper Art Museum. The St. Louis American (19 September 2013).

[12] Smoke and Mirrors.

[13] Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

[14] The Gathering. Hauser & Wirth.

[15] Anxious Men.

[16] Provocations: Rashid Johnson. Virginia Commonwealth University.

[17] The Crisis. Storm King Art Center.

[18] Cotter, Holland (11 May 2001). "ART REVIEW; A Full Studio Museum Show Starts With 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/arts/art-review-a-full-studio-museum-show-starts-with-28-young-artists-and-a-shoehorn.html.

[19] IBCA 2005 INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

[20] Rashid Johnson. ILLUMInations. Universes in Universe.

[21] Shanghai Biennale 2012.

[22] Prospect.4.

[23] Rashid Johnson, Liverpool Biennial. Liverpool Biennial.

[24] Michael. Art Institute of Chicago (1998).

[25] Calvin. Smithsonian Institution.

[26] Jonathan. Whitney Museum.

[27] Self-Portrait with my hair parted like Frederick Douglass. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

[28] The Evolution of the Negro Political Costume.

[29] Untitled.

[30] Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos. Whitney Museum.

[31] The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett). National Gallery of Art.

[32] Rashid Johnson.

[33] THE NEW NEGRO ESCAPIST SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUB (THURGOOD). Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.

[34] Thurgood in the House of Chaos.

[35] Thurgood in the House of Chaos. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

[36] Thurgood in the House of Chaos. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (December 28, 2014).

[37] Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

[38] Thurgood in the Hour of Chaos. Whitney Museum.

[39] The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Marcus). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

[40] Our People, Kind of. Museum of Modern Art.

[41] The Treatment. Walker Art Center.

[42] The New Black Yoga. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

[43] River Crossing. Detroit Institute of Arts.

[44] The Sweet Science. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

[45] Four for the Talking Cure. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

[46] Tribe. Pérez Art Museum Miami.

[47] Planet. National Gallery of Art.

[48] Contemporary Collection. Baltimore Museum of Art.

[49] Untitled. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[50] Two Faces. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[51] Untitled. Whitney Museum.

[52] Untitled Anxious Audience. Milwaukee Art Museum.

[53] Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Cleveland Museum of Art (March 24, 2020).

[54] Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Detroit Institute of Arts.

[55] Untitled (Anxious Crowd). Whitney Museum.

[56] Untitled Escape Collage. Dallas Museum of Art.

[57] The Broken Five. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[58] Anxious Red Painting November 29th. Art Institute of Chicago.

[59] Stacked Heads. Storm King Art Center.

[60] The Bruising: For Jules, The Bird, Jack and Leni. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

[61] Standing Broken Men. Cleveland Museum of Art (January 26, 2022).

[62] Untitled Anxious Red. National Gallery of Art.

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