Like many New Yorkers, Rashid Johnson and his family left the city last March at the height of the COVID pandemic and settled into a weekend house on Long Island they had bought five years ago. Despite being away from his usual workspace, the artist found that he was busier than ever. He set himself up in the basement studio, where he worked on a series called Anxious Red Paintings, utilizing a new color he developed for the project. (These pieces and others are now on view at Hauser & Wirth in London through December 23.)
Julius, Johnson, and Hovsepian in front of a recent painting by Johnson.
Jason Schmidt“Under the circumstances, things have been pretty good,” Johnson says. “Between painting, Zoom speaking engagements, and my board work with the Guggenheim, I’ve been able to keep up with a lot.”
The Chicago-born Johnson first drew the art world’s attention in his early 20s, when, in 2001, three of his large-format photographic portraits of homeless men were exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. His work has since evolved to incorporate diverse media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, film, and installation, and he has been the subject of solo exhibitions in institutions around the world.
Johnson, his wife, Sheree Hovsepian, also an artist, and their nine-year-old son, Julius, typically spend most of the year living and working in New York City, but they have loved settling into the Bridgehampton place. “Since we were here all spring, we were able to see so much that we normally don’t,” Hovsepian observes. “Getting to watch the landscape change, we discovered two yellow magnolia trees we never even knew existed!” She also took the opportunity to plant a vegetable garden.
Hovsepian in her workspace opposite the tree house
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