Rindon Johnson on poetry, identity and imagined futures

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The art of American artist Rindon Johnson is rooted in language and fluid in media. In new work, currently on view at SculptureCenter New York, and soon to open at Chisenhale, London, Johnson traverses a wide range of subjects, from the artist\u2019s identity as a Black trans American, to the...

This is a big year for Johnson. In November 2021, the artist will open the companion exhibition ‘Law of Large Numbers: Our Selves’, at London’s Chisenhale Gallery, which includes reconfigured and additional works. A new publication with original text by the artist accompanies both shows.

, Johnson references the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, an iconic landmark of the city’s skyline. The building’s concrete, steel, and glass with a facade covered in crushed white quartz has been reimagined in reclaimed redwood and ebonised, or darkened. As Johnson writes, this process allowed him to ‘more readily see myself reflected in the building which by name and location reflects my trans identity back to me – my skin is brown, almost nearly Black in certain light.

, 2021. Realtime Portrait Animating Program, projectors, platform, computer. SculptureCenter, New York and Chisenhale Gallery, London Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.Wallpaper*: Your practice ranges from writing, sculptures to paintings, videos, installations, and VR.

As far as the most challenging part of developing the show, it’s always challenging developing a show, no matter the time, but it was hard not to be able to follow the usual parameters. There weren’t any IRL site visits possible and it occurred in a year that felt very intense for reasons that we all know.

 

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