Calvin Tomkins profiles the artist Rashid Johnson, whose mid-career retrospective, “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” will open at the Guggenheim Museum on April 18, 2025.
Johnsons Klagsbrun show in 2008 was a turning point. The fourteen works on view included the sculpture Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, done earlier that year, two of the New Negro photos, a black-s… [+18406 chars]
