When I was young, I remember feeling a real thirst for opportunities around the arts, for learning about how artists function and how institutions work. Rashid Johnson artartistfelt 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
My father owned a small company, called Gundel Electronics, where he did community band radio and some repair stuff. Rashid Johnson bandcallcommunity 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
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
I've always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it's the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual. Rashid Johnson academicactivistblack 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 started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf. Rashid Johnson dutchmankindpull 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
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
