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Artists›Rashid Johnson

Rashid Johnson

1977

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PhotographyContemporary Conceptual

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ7294901

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2025

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By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2024

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Rashid Johnson: New Poetry

Whitney Museum of American Art

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2 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Claude Web Search· 92%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Claude Web Search· 92%✓
LocationGallery Hauser + Wikidata· 80%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

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David-Kordanskyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/rashid-johnson
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (19)

New Poetry

2023 · 8mm film installation, color, silent, 4:42 min., transferred to video, with two monitors, steel, lights, plants, ceramics, books, and shea butter

Overall: 190 × 359 1/2 × 65 in. (482.6 × 913.1 × 165.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled Broken Crowd

2021 · Ceramic tile, mirror tile, oyster shell, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, and wax

Overall: 73 1/4 × 94 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (186.1 × 241 × 8.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Standing Broken Men

2021 · Ceramic tile, mirror tile, branded red oak, bronze, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, wax

240.7 x 186.7 x 7.6 cm (94 3/4 x 73 1/2 x 3 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Anxious Red Painting November 29th

2020 · Oil on linen

182.9 × 243.8 × 7.7 cm (72 × 96 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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2018 · Softground etching

Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (25.2 × 30.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Anxious Crowd)

2018 · Softground etching

Sheet: 19 13/16 × 23 7/8 in. (50.3 × 60.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Anxious Man)

2018 · Softground etching

Sheet: 23 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (60.3 × 50.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled Anxious Man

2018 · softground etching

Matted: 86.5 x 61.1 x 0.3 cm (34 1/16 x 24 1/16 x 1/8 in.); Image: 60.5 x 50.5 cm (23 13/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Run

2018 · softground etching

Image: 25.4 x 30.2 cm (10 x 11 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled Anxious Crowd

2018 · softground etching

Matted: 66.2 x 86.5 x 0.3 cm (26 1/16 x 34 1/16 x 1/8 in.); Image: 50.2 x 60.6 cm (19 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

I Love Music (for Parkett no. 90)

2012 · Multiple of cast bronze

overall (approx.): 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 3/8" (25 x 20 x 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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I'm Not You

2011 · Branded red oak flooring, black soap, wax, paint

Overall: 72 5/8 × 48 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (184.5 × 123.2 × 5.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Our People, Kind of

2010 · Black soap, wax, welded brass, books, spray paint, plants, wood, and shea butter

9' 2 1/4" × 16' 8" × 8 7/8" (280 × 508 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

2008 · Steel

136 1/2 x 126 x 24 in. (346.7 x 320 x 61 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

2001 · Vandyke print

Image, approx: 56 × 58 cm (22 1/16 × 22 7/8 in.); paper, approx: 62 × 64 cm (24 7/16 × 25 1/4 in.); frame: 79.4 × 78.2 × 2.3 cm (31 1/4 × 30 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2001 · Vandyke print

Image, approx: 57.5 × 58 cm (22 11/16 × 22 7/8 in.); paper, approx: 63 × 63.5 cm (24 13/16 × 25 in.); frame: 79.7 × 78.2 × 2.3 cm (31 3/8 × 30 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Our House, from the series "Chickenbones and Watermelon Seeds: The African American Experience as Abstract Art"

2001 · Vandyke print

Image, approx: 132 × 119 cm (52 × 46 7/8 in.); paper, approx: 139.5 × 127.2 cm (54 15/16 × 50 1/8 in.); frame: 146.4 × 136.5 × 5 cm (57 11/16 × 53 3/4 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Michael

1998 · Vandyke print

Image: 60.3 × 47.9 cm (23 3/4 × 18 7/8 in.); Paper: 77.3 × 5.7 cm (30 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jonathan's Hands

1998 · Vandyke print

Image: 56.7 × 60.3 cm (22 3/8 × 23 3/4 in.); Paper: 57.5 × 77.2 cm (22 11/16 × 30 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

19 published of 19 catalogued · 9 with image

Whitney
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Untitled Anxious Crowd
2018 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Standing Broken Men
2021 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Run
2018 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled Anxious Man
2018 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

12 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Chandler (1847)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Peers & Context20

Glenn LigoncontemporaryKara WalkercontemporaryMark BradfordcontemporaryArte Poveraco-exhibitedJannis Kounellisco-exhibited Mario Merzco-exhibited

Movements2

Photography Contemporary Conceptual

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Art Institute of Chicago Artsy

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Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers

2025

Exhibition By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

2024

Exhibition Edges of Ailey

Exhibition Rashid Johnson: New Poetry