As part of its Contemporary Projects initiative, the Gallery approached Rashid Johnson to create a major work for the building’s glass-domed main entrance. The resulting work, Capsule, is the largest pyramidal steel sculpture Johnson has produced to date. The installation consists of a series of stacked cells filled with plants, books, fiberglass and shea-butter sculptures, video monitors and grow lights. It functions like a brain, incorporating and connecting autobiographical, intellectual, musical, art historical, and literary sources, which are embedded within the objects occupying the minimalist form.
Rashid Johnson: Capsule
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON
Canada
Rashid Johnson: Capsule
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON
Canada
Rashid Johnson: Capsule
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON
Canada
Rashid Johnson: Capsule
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa ON
Canada
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