(Credit: Eric Vogel)

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled two new, monumental mosaics by the American artist Rashid Johnson as part of an exhibition titled “The Chorus.”

The two mosaics are now on view inside the opera house and displayed on the Grand Tier and Dress Circle levels. The work will be part of the Met’s long-running visual arts initiative, Gallery Met, and will be on display throughout the 2021–22 season.

“The Chorus” features two large-scale mosaics, each titled “The Broken Nine” (2020 and 2021), and include materials such as ceramic tile, mirror tile, oyster shells, spray enamel, bronze, oil stick, branded red oak, black soap, and wax.

In a press statement, Gallery Director Dodie Kazanjian said, “Rashid is at the forefront of a new generation of artists. Rashid is an artist who goes all out on everything he does. He thinks on a scale that is operatic. I wanted to see how his enormous talent would assert itself at the Met—in company with Chagall, Maillol, and Netrebko.”