LIVE ITEM
RASHID JOHNSON WORK OF ART

DONATED BY:
Rashid Johnson

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Meredith Darrow and Hauser & Wirth

DESCRIPTION:
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Bruise Painting "Baby Blue"
2023
Oil on linen
48 in x 36 in x 1.68 in
(121.92 cm x 91.44 cm x 4.27 cm)
Framed in Wood

Born in Chicago in 1977, Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history. Johnson received a BA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago and studied for his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Johnson's practice quickly expanded to embrace a wide range of media-including sculpture, painting, drawing, filmmaking, and installation-yielding a complex multidisciplinary practice that incorporates diverse materials rich with symbolism and personal history. Johnson's work is known for its narrative embedding of a pointed range of everyday materials and objects, often associated with his childhood and frequently referencing aspects of history and cultural identity. Many of Johnson's more recent works delve into existential themes such as personal and collective anxiety, interiority, and liminal space.


RETAIL PRICE:
$550,000

RESERVE PRICE:
$500,000