Rashid Johnson

Born in 1977 in Chicago (United States). Lives and works in New York (United States).

He is a contemporary artist who works in sculpture and photography, frequently incorporating everyday objects with strong cultural references, such as shea butter, soap, wax, and VHS tapes. Johnson's work explores racial identity in the context of conceptual African American art, with humor and pathos. Often associated with the Post-Black art movement, Johnson questions the issues of cultural, personal, and racial identity, while developing other reflections related to mysticism and cosmology.

Works by Rashid Johnson

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