Rashid Johnson: Nudiustertian

For Rashid Johnson’s first solo show in the Asian continent, Hauser & Wirth is presenting the exhibition “Nudiustertian,” which features all new works. Titled for an antiquated word pertaining to the very recent past, the artist is examining this time in his own practice through several suites of works (Bruise Paintings, Surrender Paintings, Seascape Paintings, and mosaics) that show the product of more recently-developed areas of his artistic oeuvre. At once tracking his own progress and mirroring the world around him, viewers can expect to see the artist examining themes like art history, identity, and critical history (among others) through the works on view—including a mosaic reminiscent of his “Anxious Men” series called Untitled Broken Men and a Bruise Painting entitled Last Days, which highlights the artist’s use of gesture in a repetitive motif that suggests the collective state of the present.