Rashid Johnson
Anxious Rug
2024, 108 x 132 inches (274 x 335 cm), 150 knots/inch, hand-knotted wool/silk Edition 30 + 4APs
Johnson's rug is based on his iconic Anxious Man motif and is a meditation on race, class, identity and the essential human struggle with isolation, meaning and anxiety.
Johnson, 47, is one of the most influential voices of his generation and has expanded the cultural conversation around race in America through his art, advocacy and institutional stewardship.
Rashid Johnson’s mid-career survey at the Guggenheim Museum opens Spring 2025. Titled “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” it will include almost 90 works in photography, video, film, mixed-media paintings, sculpture and installation that scale the entire Guggenheim exhibition space and explore themes of identity, social alienation and rebirth in ways both political and deeply personal.