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Though mindful that these movements fell short of creating a just world, Johnson has turned equally to history and to personal experience to create multidisciplinary works that touch the viewer on multiple levels. [The Guggenheim's] active space reinforces Johnson’s interest in creating environments where art becomes a shared experience rather than a solitary display.
- Charles Moore, The Brooklyn Rail
The artist’s sprawling survey at the Guggenheim reveals an intellect unfolding and a life under way.
- Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker
Intellectual engagement with the ways and means of being Black is obviously a deep issue for [Rashid Johnson].
- Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic
[The] Chicago-born artist has an omnivorous intellect, one that he proudly displays in this presentation of nearly 90 works from his three-decade career.
- Brian P. Kelly, The Wall Street Journal
[An] insightful show that certainly hits the mark.
- Alex Greenberger, ArtNews
[The] show’s installation in the Guggenheim’s rotunda offers a fascinating view into Johnson’s mind. The magic of Frank Lloyd Wright’s genius design is its constant sense of surprise—an effect redoubled by the work of an artist like Johnson, who moves so fluidly between media. Spray-painted text canvases, sculptural installations incorporating black soap and shea butter—grooming products closely connected to the African diasporic community—and videos unfold around every corner, illustrating the breadth of Johnson’s practice, both conceptually and materially.
- Stephanie Sporn, Vogue
The artist’s first major museum survey fills Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiral with a rich mix of media, a view of the polymathic flux of a 25-year career, and a sense of healing.
- Holland Cotter, The New York Times
Through an ever-expanding oeuvre of short films, collages, and multimedia painting, Rashid Johnson has considered Blackness, culture, and the making of art history for nearly three decades. This mid-career survey displays his body of work in the Guggenheim’s rotunda, from a sculptural stage for performances on the ground floor to a site-specific work on the top.
- Natalie Haddad, Hyperallergic
[The] largest and most ambitious exhibition of his career to date.
- Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker