Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)

Cosmic Slop “Spectrum”

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Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Cosmic Slop “Spectrum”
signed 'Rashid Johnson' (on the reverse)
black soap and wax on panel
96 ½ x 72 5/8 in. (245.1 x 184.5 cm.)
Executed in 2012.
Provenance
Amy L. Gold Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

“The work of Rashid Johnson, inspired by the history of African-American intellectual movements–from the Harlem Renaissance to the Back-to-Africa movement–develops a lexicon that stands in opposition to escapist utopianism… Reworking and ‘miscegenating’ materials and concepts that define the idea of blackness…” (B. Godsill, “The Long Distance Runner,” Mousse, Summer 2010, p. 182).

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