Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Red Drawing, 2020 Photo: CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2020 Johnson, 42, who lives in New York City and relocated to Long Island to isolate, was born in Chicago.

He also works that anxiety out through his art, in series with such titles as Anxious Men, Broken Men, Anxious Red, Surrender Paintings, and Bruise Paintings. The first of these was made in 2014 ...

Mr. Johnson’s new Manhattan show explores African-American identity while engaging in rich dialogue with other artists. Here is a visual tour of “Anxious Men” and its influences.

Rashid Johnson’s art installation, “New Poetry,” is a highlight of the renovated Frenchette Bakery at the Whitney Museum. Over 15 feet tall, it bisects the facade; shelves hold plants ...

Rashid, as a young artist, was taking that on in a way that I felt also showed how much he had looked at the history of photography and portraiture as a base.” Golden wasn’t the only person ...