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Glenn Ligon : America

Title
Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf ; with essays by Hilton Als [and others] ; and a conversation between Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Author
Rothkopf, Scott, 1976-
Publication
New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
  • Als, Hilton.
  • Golden, Thelma.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  • Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Description
303 pages : illustrations (some co.), photographs; 32 cm
Summary
American artist Glenn Ligon (born 1960) is best known for his landmark body of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which appropriate the writings of African-American authors such as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and Zora Neale Hurston. This title presents his art, including paintings, photography, sculptural installations, and prints.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mar. 10-June 5, 2011, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 22, 2012 and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Tex. Feb.-May 2012.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.
Contents
Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf -- Text, subtext, intertext : painting, language and signifying in the work of Glenn Ligon / Okwui Enwezor -- Will answer to the name Glenn / Saidiya Hartman -- Pryor versions / Bennett Simpson -- Me and we / Franklin Sirmans -- Strangers in the village / Hilton Als -- A conversation between Glenn Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Call Number
Sc+ G 19-1
ISBN
  • 9780300168471
  • 0300168470
LCCN
2010049417
OCLC
670481312
Author
Rothkopf, Scott, 1976- author.
Title
Glenn Ligon : America / Scott Rothkopf ; with essays by Hilton Als [and others] ; and a conversation between Ligon and Thelma Golden.
Publisher
New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.
Added Author
Ligon, Glenn, 1960-
Als, Hilton.
Golden, Thelma.
Whitney Museum of American Art.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 19-1
JQG 12-700
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