Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers challenges conventional labels of art exhibitions by representing a significant moment in contemporary art. The show highlights Johnson's exploration of growth through diverse media, including paintings, sculptures, and live performances. The integration of history, philosophy, and Black popular culture positions Johnson as a pivotal figure in art today. The exhibition features nearly 90 works that engage the audience actively, emphasizing the dynamic and evolving nature of art as a living experience, ultimately celebrating the progress of contemporary artistic expression.
It is an inadequate use of language to call Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers an installation, an exhibition, a survey. Because it feels like more.
Johnson's art for me has been about the idealization of growth, and there is enough around Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim design where Johnson's work touches on organic and non-organic biology.
This major solo exhibition highlights Johnson's role as a scholar of art history, a mediator of Black popular culture, and as a creative force in contemporary art.
Almost 90 worksâfrom black-soap paintings and spray-painted text works to large-scale sculptures, film, and videoâwill fill the museum's rotunda, highlighting the dynamic nature of Johnson's art.
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