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Rashid Johnson
Four for the Talking Cure2009/2012

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Mixed-media sculpture: black graffiti-marked platform base draped with zebra hides, supporting a large diamond-shaped black metal frame rising from a clump of bright green grass at center
Mixed-media floor installation: a low black platform with chalk and gold markings, topped with zebra-patterned hides, tufts of feathers, and clumps of live green grass, with a tall black diamond-shaped metal frame rising from the center.

Rashid Johnson, Four for the Talking Cure, 2009/2012, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Contemporary Friends, 2013, with additional funds provided by Holly and Albert Baril, Allison and Larry Berg, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Linda and Paul Gotskind, Jennifer Hawks and Ramin Djawadi, Laura and James Maslon, Phil Mercado and Todd Quinn, Candace and Charles Nelson, and the Kerry and Simone Vickar Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rashid Johnson
United States, born 1977
Title
Four for the Talking Cure
Date Made
2009/2012
Medium
Mixed-media sculpture installation
Dimensions
.1-.5) Overall: 97 × 84 1/2 × 84 1/2 in. (246.38 × 214.63 × 214.63 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Contemporary Friends, 2013, with additional funds provided by Holly and Albert Baril, Allison and Larry Berg, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Linda and Paul Gotskind, Jennifer Hawks and Ramin Djawadi, Laura and James Maslon, Phil Mercado and Todd Quinn, Candace and Charles Nelson, and the Kerry and Simone Vickar Foundation
Accession Number
M.2014.30.1-.5
Classification
Installation Art
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Beckwith, Naomi, and Andrea Karnes, editors. Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers. New York: Guggenheim New York, 2025.
Copyright
© Rashid Johnson

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