God Painting (Summer Days)
2023
Oil on linen
72 x 60 x 1.625 in

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago) is an artist who works in a wide range of everyday materials, including wax, wood, steel, brass, shea butter, ceramic tile and found objects such as books, records, VHS tapes, live plants and CB radios. Johnson first received critical attention at the young age of 24 when he was included in a Thelma Golden curated exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem. His work has since been exhibited around the world and is held in collections of many leading art museums. He is known for combining various science with black history so that his materials, which are formally independent, are augmented by their relation to black history.