
Rashid Johnsonâs installations frequently take the form of embellished support structures that display found objects, imbuing them with a new significance that hovers between the archaeological and the talismanic. These collections of itemsâwhich together build an iconography that spans literature, music, intellectual history, and echoes of the artistâs childhood in Chicagoâreflect deeply personal references interwoven with pervasive cultural narratives.