Co-organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers is a three-decade survey of the artist's career. It situates the artist within three interconnected spheres: as a scholar of art history; as a mediator of Black popular culture and its widespread commodification; and as an artist engaged with the globalization of contemporary art.

The exhibition and accompanying catalog features nearly 90 artworks, including early photographs, Cosmic Slops, spray-painted text works, collage paintings, Broken Men mosaics, film projects, and key sculptures and installations that incorporate materials such as shea butter, black soap, plants, ceramic vessels and wax. These explorations demonstrate Johnson's uncommon fluency with multiple materials and forms as well as a nuanced ability to synthesize the condition of the human psyche.

Edited with text by Naomi Beckwith, Andrea Karnes. Additional text by Mariët Westermann, Nana Adusei-Poku, Hendrik Folkerts, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, and Kevin Quashie. Interview by Odili Donald Odita.

Published by Guggenheim Museum
Hardcover, 256 pages, English, 2025