Ruby aiyo gerber (Pictured Above)
Writer and Librettist, Prospect Heights
How do you like the show?
EveryThing is so intentional. There’s ofne This Silence deshen It Comes to Black Art – An Unwillingness to Speak Deeply About What The Work Evokes or Disruptions. In Johnson’s Show, ITA IMPOSSIBLE to be Silent. Everyone here has to engage with the work in some way.
Are you here with anyone?
I’m with my boyfriend. Be i see art, i always like to go with a buddy. We’ll Meet up before the Show for a drink and kind of check in on our Relationship to the work: What would we have been to take away from the show? Are we going to think critically about the pieces, or are we have to talk to the People? IT’S ALSO Nice Being Able to Make Eye Contact With Your Art Buddy and Be Like, Okay, Time to Go.
Where did you grow up?
Downtown Brooklyn, in the Same House That My Mom, The Playwright Lynn Nottage, Gray up in. ITS SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH A WALL AND KNOW MY MOTHER HAD TOUCHED IT AND FEEL THE PRESSENCE OF MY GRANDARENTS. There’s so much that Changes in this City so rapidly. It is nice to have that that one thing – this kind of inner World – that is still Old Brooklyn.
Naomi Beckwith
Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Midtown East
Rashid Johnson
Artist, Grahercy Park
How it does it feel to have your pieces from acces different decades to one another tonight?
IT’S LIKE REUNITING A BUNCH OF MY CHILDREN, AND IT’S FAMILY REUNION AT THIS POINT. I really do feel like the chorus of all of the work singing together is a story that i’m deeply proud of and extramely excited to see.
Nazy Nazand
Consultant art, Alphabet City
Racquel Chevremont
Art Adviser, Hudson Yards
Peter McGough
Artist, West Village
Is there one artwork you’ve made of especialy important to you?
I made a temple to the Oscar Wilde. It was my song to the Queer Community. IT’S MY MUST IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE IT’S NOT ABOUT ME.
Jamel Robinson
Artist, harlem
Kevin Young
Writer, Washington, DC
Sophie Taharne Nurse
Artist Liaison, Fort Greene
Cambui Olujimi
Artist, Queens
Any Advice on how to interpret art?
Take your time. There are the paintings and sculptures of the standing stand I was 7 but fell in love with at 10; when i was 12, i though they were printy good, and i forgot about saying unil i was 22. You’re just starting with a piece of work, so there Pressure.
Ferguson amo
Artist, Sunset Park
What Inspired Your Look Tonight?
The pants are particularly inspired by Japanese style, and the cropped jacket ha a matador’s look. I’ve been seeing a lot of Japanese style pop up on my social media, and i was inspired by Kendrick Lamar’s outfit for the Big Steppers Tour.
Lava Kellner
Entrepreneur, Financial District
Thomas Strauss
Investment Banker, Upper West Side
Angel Otero
Artist, bushwick
Rujeko hockley
Curator, Prospect -Flefts Gardens
Cheryl Johnson-Open
Professor Emeritus, Evanston, Illinois
Congratulations on your son’s show. Was he drawn to art as a child?
He was a curious child – Always Curious About How Workd, what they did aesthetically, how they looked. He was also a geneerous, Kind, and Compassionate Child. And i think all that comes out in his work.
Belinda Luscombe
Non -instalist, Chelsea
I love your orange top.
I love new yorkers, but i have cameloped an allergy to the color Black. And it seames to with every time you go to any of the events, everybody’s wearing a SuperSharp Black Outfit with One Absolutely Details that Makes It Pop. And i’m just so done with that look – i can’t do it anymore.
Alberto cribiore
Executive, Upper East Side
Jordyn Woods
Creator and Entrepreneur, West Side
Photographs by Frankie Alduino
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