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Glenn Ligon : all over the place / edited by Glenn Ligon and Habda Rashid.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2024.Description: 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781913645700
  • 1913645703
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Contents:
Foreword / Luke Syson
Foreword / Samuel Harding
Invisibility and visibility stand side by side / Habda Rashid
Notes on noticing from the margins: Re-reading Glenn Ligon's annotative art practice / Julia Michiko Hori
In conversation / Glenn Ligon and David Dibosa
Conversations: Glenn Ligon and... / Nicholas Bell; Elenor Ling and Harry Metcalf; James C.S. Lin; Henrietta Ward
Empty the icebox / Eleanor Jones
Summary: American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for his landmark text-based paintings, which draw on the influential writings and speeches of twentieth-century historical and cultural figures including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein. This book was published to accompany an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and prints by American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon. The show sees Ligon stage interventions through the galleries of the Fitzwilliam Museum, placing his artworks alongside pieces from the museum including Dutch and Flemish flower paintings, engravings by Degas and Auerbach,

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 20 September 2024 - 2 March 2025.

Foreword / Luke Syson

Foreword / Samuel Harding

Invisibility and visibility stand side by side / Habda Rashid

Notes on noticing from the margins: Re-reading Glenn Ligon's annotative art practice / Julia Michiko Hori

In conversation / Glenn Ligon and David Dibosa

Conversations: Glenn Ligon and... / Nicholas Bell; Elenor Ling and Harry Metcalf; James C.S. Lin; Henrietta Ward

Empty the icebox / Eleanor Jones

American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for his landmark text-based paintings, which draw on the influential writings and speeches of twentieth-century historical and cultural figures including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein. This book was published to accompany an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and prints by American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon. The show sees Ligon stage interventions through the galleries of the Fitzwilliam Museum, placing his artworks alongside pieces from the museum including Dutch and Flemish flower paintings, engravings by Degas and Auerbach,