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The Artist Project: Rashid Johnson

Artist Rashid Johnson reflects on Robert Frank in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"He allows us to see just a few things, and the narratives that we're able to build as a result is what really makes this work so important."

Rashid Johnson reflects on Robert Frank in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Rashid Johnson, born in 1977, is an American sculptor and photographer who works with everyday and found objects.

A black and white portrait by Rashid Johnson made with multiple exposures showing a man with multiple faces

Rashid Johnson (American, born 1977)

The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Marcus), 2010

Archival pigment print; 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Sara Albrecht (2011.48) © Rashid Johnson. Photo: Nathan Keay, © Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago


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