Rashid Johnson, The Unwearable Dashiki, 2001
Images of Rashid Johnson, The Unwearable Dashiki
The Unwearable Dashiki, 2001
Van Dyke Brown print
Sheet: 98 × 80 in. (248.9 × 203.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Paul and Dedrea A. Gray, 2002.93
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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On viewRashid Johnson, The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Marcus), 2010- Long The masculine person, shown from the torso up, is wearing a vertically striped button-down shirt, a herringbone vest, and a dark tie. The subject takes up the majority of the image, with their shoulders extending to either of the vertical edges. The two superimposed faces, slightly overlapping, have a similarly stoic expression. Both of the faces have heavy, dark eyebrows, a wide rounded nose, a closed, expressionless mouth, and are crowned by a dark, curly afro hair style. The upper left and bottom corners all appear lighter in tone, as if overexposed. Surrounding the figure are lush, palm-like plant fronds, both in the background and foreground. Some of the fronds obscure the person's shoulders on both sides of the image.
