Hauser & Wirth Publishers Archive
Rashid Johnson. Blocks
Out of print – currently unavailable
about the book
about the book
Rashid Johnson. Blocks' is a rich photographic chronicle of the year-long intervention between Johnson's first public artwork (commissioned by High Line Art) and the High Line park's natural environment designed by Dutch horticulturalist Piet Oudolf.













The Artist
Learn MoreRashid Johnson
Born in Chicago in 1977, Rashid Johnson is among an influential cadre of contemporary American artists whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of art history, individual and shared cultural identities, personal narratives, literature, philosophy, materiality, and critical history. After studying in the photography department of the Art Institute of Chicago, Johnson’s practice quickly expanded to embrace a wide range of media – including sculpture, painting, drawing, filmmaking, and installation – yielding a complex multidisciplinary practice that incorporates diverse materials rich with symbolism and personal history.