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Rashid Johnson (born 1977) is an African-American socio-political photographer who produces conceptual post-black art. Johnson first received critical attention when examples of his work were included in the exhibition "Freestyle," curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2001—when he was 24. He has studied at Columbia College Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited around the world and he is held in collections of many of the world's leading art museums. In addition to photography, which is where Johnson began,〔 he presents audio (mostly music), video and sculpture art. Johnson is known for both his unusual artistic productions and for his process.〔 He is also known for combining various science with black history so that his materials, which are formally independent, are augmented by their relation to black history.〔 He was a 2012 Hugo Boss Prize finalist. == Early life == Johnson was born in Illinois to an academic and scholar mother, Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim, and a former Vietnam-war veteran father, Jimmy Johnson, who was an artist but worked in electronics. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old. His mother remarried a man of Nigerian descent. Johnson said that growing up his family was based in afrocentrism and that his family celebrated Kwanzaa. Johnson was raised in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, as well as Evanston, Illinois. A photography major, he earned a 2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago and a 2005 Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of his mentors was Gregg Bordowitz. After obtaining his Master's degree, he moved to the Lower East Side in New York City,〔 where he taught at the Pratt Institute. Although he is generally referred to as a photographer and sometimes referred to as a sculptor, in certain contexts, he has been referred to as an artist-magician. Johnson followed a generation of black artists who focused on the "black experience" and he grew up in a generation that was influenced by hip hop and Black Entertainment Television. Because of his generation's high exposure to black culture within pop culture, his contemporary audiences have a greater learned understanding of the "black experience." The basic exposure of many to the black experience has enabled him to achieve a deeper race and identity interaction.〔 His work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC; the Institute of Contemporary Photography, New York; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.〔 His art is in the collections of most of these museums, and he is represented by art dealers in Milan, Naples, New York City and Chicago.〔 By 2000, his work was held by the Studio Museum in Harlem,〔 and by 2001 he had two photographs in the collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2009, Johnson collaborated with the local Chicago apparel company Flux Collection. Works utilized in Flux products include "Space" (2008, Spray Enamel on Mirror), which was turned into a tee-shirt design.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flux Collection: Wear Art. See What Can Happen: Rashid Johnson ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rashid Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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