Rashid Johnson, Glass Jaw, 2011
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Glass Jaw, 2011
Mirrored tile, black soap, wax, books, shea butter, vinyl album cover, CB radio, oyster shells, and paint
88 ½ × 118 ½ × 12 in. (224.8 × 301 × 30.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange, 2012.2
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Glass Jaw, 2011
Mirrored tile, black soap, wax, books, shea butter, vinyl album cover, CB radio, oyster shells, and paint
88 ½ × 118 ½ × 12 in. (224.8 × 301 × 30.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange, 2012.2
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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- 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.
