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Run

2018

Rashid Johnson

(American, b. 1977)
printer

Jennifer Melby

(American)
publisher

Hauser & Wirth, Inc.

Culture
America
Medium
softground etching
Support
Somerset Velvet wove paper
Measurements
Image: 25.4 x 30.2 cm (10 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund 2020.79
Copyright
© Rashid Johnson
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Rashid Johnson created this print by making repetitive, jagged marks that echoed his subject’s mood into the waxy surface of a softground etching plate.

Description

Contemporary artist Rashid Johnson draws on the traditions of painting and conceptual art to explore the lived experiences of African American men. This print belongs to a series that began as an exploration of the artist’s own anxieties but grew to express the experiences of young black men during a time marked by police violence and mass incarceration. In the artist’s words, “I . . . realiz[ed] that my anxiety was not mine exclusively.”
A horizontally oriented print in black ink features the word "rUN" that extends across the page, created solely with straight lines. Sprays of black ink splash intermittently across the paper.

Run

2018

Rashid Johnson, Jennifer Melby, Hauser & Wirth, Inc.

(American, b. 1977), (American)
America

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