Meredith Malone, associate curator, will discuss the works in the exhibition Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks, focusing on the artist's exploration of appropriation and abstraction as well as his engagement with themes of identity and race.
Image credit
Rashid Johnson, Self Portrait Laying on Jack Johnson's Grave, 2006. Lambda print, 40 1/2 x 49 1/2". Collection of Dr. Daniel S. Berger, Chicago. Image courtesy of the artist.