Photos: Artists in Residence
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Johnson and Hovsepian, in their Manhattan townhouse. Johnson wears Prada coat; Dries van Noten sweatpants and shoes; Maison Martin Margiela t-shirt. Hovsepian wears Altuzarra top; Max Mara skirt; Gerard Yosca earrings; (from left) Shylee Rose Jewelry ring, Mateo Bijoux ring, Shylee Rose jewelry ring; Aquazzura pumps; her own wedding ring and band.
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Johnson’s Plateaus, part of his show “Islands” at David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, this fall. Photograph by Fredrik Nilsen.
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Hovsepian’s Kore, 2014. Photograph by Martin Parsekian.
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Installation view of “Islands.” Photograph by Fredrik Nilsen.
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In the living room, a Detonado chair and a racket screen by the Campana brothers, and a gold inflatable butt plug by Paul McCarthy in the corner.
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Kris Andrews’s The Shape of Time, 2014.
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Djordje Ozbolt’s Gentlemen of Ngongo (4), 2012, hangs in the kitchen.
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Johnson’s collection of Black Panther newspapers and a found African mask.
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The library, with a table by Johnson and his sculpture Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, 2010, and on the wall (from left) Ellen Gallagher’s Abu Simbel, 2005, and a hand tapestry by Mai-Thu Perret.
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William Pope.L’s Black People Are Needy, 2012.
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Another view of the library.
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Hovsepian’s Sister #1, 2012. Photograph by Martin Parsekian.
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Hovsepian and Johnson with their son, Julius. Hovsepian wears Chloe dress; Christopher Kane skirt; Gerard Yosca earrings; Manolo Blahnik shoes. Johnson wears Walter van Beirendonck jacket; Maison Martin Margiela t-shirt; Dries van Noten sweatpants; his own sunglasses, bracelet, and watch.
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In the “black room,” from left: Tony Lewis’s People ad Roloc Foo, 2012, and Glenn Ligon’s Warm Broad Glow, 2005.
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Julius Johnson’s artworks.
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Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are put to good use in the library.
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Sam Gilliam’s Helles, 1965, in the kitchen.
