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Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Fatherhood as Described by Paul Beatty, 2011
branded red oak flooring, black soap, wax, books, branding irons, shea butter, oyster shells, space rock, gold paint
96 x 120 x 12.5 inches -
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Installation view of A Message to Our Folks (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012) -
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Cosmic Slop, 2011
black soap, wax, 72.5 x 49.5 x 1.75 inches -
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Magic Hour, 2012
mirrored tile, black soap, wax, shea butter, oyster shell, vinyl, book, cb radio
72.5 x 96.5 x 11.75 inches -
The Art of Inspiration
Rashid Johnson and Sam Gilliam
“SOME OF THESE GESSOED?” asks the artist Rashid Johnson, gesturing at several colorful canvases leaning against a wall in 79-year-old Sam Gilliam’s airy Washington, D.C., studio. “No,” Gilliam corrects, speaking more deliberately than Johnson’s enthusiastic clip. “They’re all raw.” Johnson, 35, furrows his brow, bends over and peers at one of the paintings as though it contains code.
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Check out Rashid Johnson’s new book of his work, Message to Our Folks—which is gorgeous! And even better, it’s under 30 bucks!!!!
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Photographs by Micah Aaron Schmidt
Cover of this month’s Modern Painters: Rashid Johnson
Check out Rashid’s work for last season’s iteration of The Bearden Project:
http://thebeardenproject.studiomuseum.org/rashid-johnson/
