{"product_id":"cheryl-johnson-odim-rashid-johnson-rashid-johnson-9783906915814","title":"Cheryl Johnson-Odim \u0026 Rashid Johnson: Heart-Turned-Inside-Out Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful artist's book documenting a mother and son's intimate exchange across time and mediums\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tenderly wrought artist's book is a collaboration between American conceptual artist Rashid Johnson (born 1977) and his mother, historian Cheryl Johnson-Odim (born 1948). Bound as a single signature with silver-foiled text on the cover and multiple carefully selected papers, the book is based on an updated version of Johnson-Odim's poetry pamphlet \u003ci\u003eOther Women Before Me\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1985, the year her son Rashid turned eight years old. In 2022, Johnson presented the publication--along with titles by the likes of Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Claudia Rankine and Sylvia Plath--in a reading area within his exhibition \u003ci\u003eSodade\u003c\/i\u003e at Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Menorca, where the image on the cover of this publication was also on view.\u003cbr\u003eJohnson's drawings are sourced from a 2020 sketchbook and bookend the poems, while the central pages of the book contain a personal and far-ranging conversation between mother and son. In a delightful touch, Johnson's cover artwork folds out, transforming into a standalone poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rashid Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3906915816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783906915814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.90h x 7.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Rashid Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110844911871,"sku":"9783906915814","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a81c0a39-3b66-4326-8b17-db89b99fe286.jpg?v=1725469944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cheryl-johnson-odim-rashid-johnson-rashid-johnson-9783906915814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}