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Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers

Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers

Johnson, Rashid
Beckwith, Naomi
Karnes, Andrea

Hardcover

American Art - African American & BlackGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $65.00

ISBN10: 089207566X
ISBN13: 9780892075669
Publisher: Guggenheim New York
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 3.62
Height: 1.20 Width: 9.00 Depth: 12.20
Language: English

From his early self-portraits to his site-specific installations, this volume underscores Rashid Johnson's fearless engagement with the central themes, questions and aesthetics of the contemporary era

Co-organized by the Guggenheim New York and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, A Poem for Deep Thinkers is a three-decade survey of Rashid Johnson's artistic career. It situates the artist within three interconnected spheres: as a scholar of art history; as a mediator of Black popular culture and its widespread commodification; and as an artist engaged with the globalization of contemporary art. The exhibition and accompanying catalog feature nearly 90 artworks, including early photographs, Cosmic Slops, spray-painted text works, collage paintings, Broken Men mosaics, film projects, and key sculptures and installations that incorporate materials such as shea butter, black soap, plants, ceramic vessels and wax. These explorations demonstrate Johnson's uncommon fluency with multiple materials and forms as well as a nuanced ability to synthesize the condition of the human psyche.

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