What I really hoped to do with my work was to at least be able to define my relationship to race. Rashid Johnson definehoperace Change image and share on social
The way that light hits objects in life, three-dimensional objects before you photograph them, is really the story of photography. Rashid Johnson dimensionalhitlife Change image and share on social
When I was younger, I remember there was a really famous book, and it was called 'The People Could Fly.' And so this idea of, kind of like, black characters kind of jumping into space and kind of the challenge that they presented to gravity I thought was really interesting. Rashid Johnson blackbookcall share on social
Dealing with actors is incredibly complex because they oftentimes are like pieces of clay. They want to be told how you want it done. You have to then decide if you want to be the teller or if you want to give them agency. Rashid Johnson actoragencyclay share on social
You can really learn a lot from young people and the way they view the world. Rashid Johnson learnlotpeople Change image and share on social
I've always been interested in this idea of a privileged life, probably because it's something I hadn't seen much of. Rashid Johnson haveideainterest Change image and share on social
I say that I suffer from what Rosalind Krauss was calling the post-medium condition, where an artist essentially employs several mediums in order to bring to life whatever specific ideas that they have. For me it's always been that way. Rashid Johnson artistbringcall share on social
I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf. Rashid Johnson dutchmankindpull Change image and share on social
'The New Black Yoga' originally was born from a film that I had made prior called 'Black Yoga.' And I was living in Berlin at the time, dealing with a lot of anxiety and stress around the project that I was working on, which is not an abnormal thing for me. Rashid Johnson abnormalanxietybear share on social
My mother introduced me to more academic-minded writers, Cornel West and Skip Gates. In her library, I came across, when I was very young, Harold Cruse's 'The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual,' which is like a bible of Negro intellectuals from Frederick Douglass to Amiri Baraka. Rashid Johnson academicamiribaraka share on social
