Glenn Ligon - Luhring Augustine

Glenn Ligon
Born 1960

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure #26</i>, 2009
Acrylic, silkscreen and coal dust on canvas
60 X 48 inches
(152.4 X 121.92 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure #63</i>, 2010
Acrylic, silkscreen, and coal dust on canvas
60 X 48 inches
(152.4 X 121.92 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure #89</i>, 2011
Acrylic, silkscreen and coaldust on canvas
60 X 48 inches
(152.4 X 121.92 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure #91</i>, 2011
Acrylic, silkscreen and coaldust on canvas
60 X 48 inches
(152.4 X 121.92 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure #93</i>, 2011
Acrylic, silkscreen and coaldust on canvas
60 X 48 inches
(152.4 X 121.92 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Stranger #38</i>, 2009
Acrylic, coal dust, silkscreen, gesso and oil stick on canvas
96 X 72 inches
(243.84 X 182.88 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Rückenfigur</i>, 2009
Neon
24 X 145 1/2 X 4 inches
(60.96 X 369.57 X 10.16 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Rückenfigur</i>, 2009
Detail
Neon
24 X 145 1/2 X 4 inches
(60.96 X 369.57 X 10.16 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Excerpt</i>, 2009
Neon and black paint
Edition of 5
2.8 x 55.5 inches
(7.1 x 141 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled (America)</i>, 2008
Neon
24 x 168 inches
(61 x 426.7 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Palindrome #1</i>, 2007
Neon
8 X 105 inches (20.32 X 266.7 cm)

Glenn Ligon
Untitled (negro sunshine), 2005
Neon
Edition of 7
4 x 48 inches
(10.2 x 121.9 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled (Malcolm X)</i>, 2008
Pencil, acrylic and flashe on paper mounted on panel, framed
132 x 107 x 3 inches framed
(335.28 x 271.78 x 7.62 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Malcolm X, #1 (small version #2)</i>, 2003
silkscreen and flashe paint on canvas
48 x 36 inches
121.9 x 91.4 cm

Glenn Ligon
<i>Malcolm X, Sun, Frederick Douglass, Boy with Bubbles (version 2) #3</i>, 2001
Flashe paint and silkscreen on paper
23 x 16 1/2 inches

Glenn Ligon
<i>No Room (Gold) #18</i>, 2007
Oil and acrylic on canvas
32 X 32 inches
(81.28 X 81.28 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Gold Remember the Revolution #2</i>, 2007
Oil stick and acrylic on canvas
32 x 32 inches
(81.3 x 81.3 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Silver Therapy #1</i>, 2006
Oil and acrylic on canvas
32 x 32 inches
(81.3 x 81.3 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Mudbone (Liar) #3</i>, 2004
oilstick and acrylic on canvas
32 x 32 inches
(81.3 x 81.3 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>More Bitch Than Me #2</i>, 2004
Oil and acrylic on canvas
32 x 32 inches
(81.3 x 81.3 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>(miserable) life #17</i>, 2008
Oil stick and gesso on paper
12 x 9 inches
(30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Study for I Live on My Shadow #3</i>, 2007
Oilstick, coal dust, and gesso on paper
12 x 9 inches
(30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Study for Negro Sunshine #1</i>, 2004
Oil stick, coal dust and varnish on paper
12 x 9 inches
(30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Mirror #5</i>, 2006
Silkscreen, coal dust, acrylic and oil stick on canvas
84 x 60 inches
(213.4 x 152.4 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Masquerade</i>, 2002
coal dust, printing ink, oil stick, glue, acrylic paint and gesso on canvas
82 5/8 x 55 1/8 inches
(209.9 x 140.0 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled (Contact)</i>, 2002
coal dust, printing ink, oil stick, glue, acrylic paint and gesso on canvas
74 7/8 x 118 1/8 inches
(190.2 x 300.0 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Condition Report</i>, 2000
Iris print and Iris print with serigraph, 2 parts
Edition of 20
32 x 22.75 inches each
(81.3 x 57.8 cm each)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Black Features and Self-Portrait Exaggerating My White Features</i>, 1998
Silkscreen on canvas
Each Panel 120 x 40 inches (304.8 x 101.6 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Self Portrait</i>, 1996
Silkscreen and gesso on canvas
48 x 40 inches

Glenn Ligon
<i>Self-Portrait</i>, 1996
Silkscreen ink and gesso on canvas
48 x 40 inches
(121.9 x 101.6 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Self Portrait</i>, 1996
Silkscreen and gesso on canvas
48 x 40 inches

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled</i>, 1992
(A)
Etching
Edition of 45
25 x 17 inches each
(63.5 x 43.2 cm each)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Four Untitled Etchings</i>, 1992
(B)
Etching
Edition of 45
25 x 17 inches each
(63.5 x 43.2 cm each)

Glenn Ligon
<i>We’re Black and We’re Strong</i>, 1996
silkscreen on unstretched canvas
120 x 84 inches

Glenn Ligon
<i>Hands</i>, 1996
Silkscreen on unstretched canvas
82 x 144 inches
(208.28 x 365.76 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Hands</i>, 1996
Detail
Silkscreen on unstretched canvas
82 x 144 inches
(208.28 x 365.76 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled (Speech/Crowd #2)</i>, 2000
Silkscreen ink, coal dust, ink and glue on paper
40 x 54 inches
(101.6 x 137.2 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Untitled (Speech/Crowd #2)</i>, 2000
Detail
Silkscreen ink, coal dust, ink and glue on paper
40 x 54 inches
(101.6 x 137.2 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Runaways</i>, 1993
Portfolio of ten lithographs
16 x 12 inches each
(40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Runaways</i>, 1993
Portfolio of ten lithographs
16 x 12 inches each
(40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Runaways</i>, 1993
Portfolio of ten lithographs
16 x 12 inches each
(40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>A Feast of Scraps</i>, 1994-1998
photographs and text
11 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure</i>, 2001
50 silkscreen portraits on color aid paper
(Detail)
9 x 6 inches
(22.9 x 15.2 cm) each

Glenn Ligon
<i>Figure</i>, 2001
50 silkscreen portraits on color aid paper
(Detail)
9 x 6 inches (22.9 x 15.2 cm) each

Glenn Ligon
<i>Deferred</i>, 1991
Oil and acrylic on canvas
31 x 20 3/4 inches
(78.74 x 52.71 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Dispatches</i>, 2011
Detail
Suite of 4; Aquatint with spit-bite and drypoint on hahnemuhle copperplate bright white 300 gsm
From an edition of 18 with 5 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs
Each: 25 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (64.8 x 52.1 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Ice Cube’s Eyes</i>, 1995
Silkscreen ink on canvas punching bag
51 x 14 x 15 inches
(129.5 x 35.6 x 38.1 cm)

Glenn Ligon
Selection from <i>Narratives</i>, 1993
Suite of nine photoetchings on chine collé
28 x 21 inches each
(71.1 x 53.3 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Niggers Ain’t Scared</i>, 1996
Oil stick, synthetic polymer and graphite on linen
30 x 30 inches
(76.2 x 76.2 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Niggers Ain’t Scared</i>, 1996
Detail
Oil stick, synthetic polymer and graphite on linen
30 x 30 inches
(76.2 x 76.2 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>No. 276 (Honeycomb)</i>, 1990
Oil, synthetic polymer, oil stick and graphite on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
(76.2 x 56.5 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>No. 276 (Honeycomb)</i>, 1990
Detail
Oil, synthetic polymer, oil stick and graphite on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
(76.2 x 56.5 cm)

Glenn Ligon
Selection from <i>Red Portfolio</i>, 1993
Suite of nine gelatin silver prints
20 x 16 inches each
(50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Salimu (Version 1) #1</i>, 2000
Flashe paint and silkscreen on primed canvas
48 x 36 inches
(121.92 x 91.44 cm)

Glenn Ligon
<i>Study for Passing</i>, 1991
Oil stick on paper
30 x 16 inches
(76.2 x 40.64 cm)

ARTnews
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LA Times
Review of "Glenn Ligon: AMERICA" at LACMA
October 24, 2011
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Artforum
"Whitney Museum of American Art, New York"
Summer 2011
PDF

Art in America
"Stranger in America"
May 2011
PDF

ARTnews
"The Writing on the Wall"
April 2011
PDF

The New Yorker
March 21, 2011
PDF

The New York Times
Holland Cotter review of Whitney exhibition
March 11, 2011
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<a href="http://www.30americans.com/">30 Americans</a>

30 Americans

Flash Art
Review by Sonia Campagnola
March/April 2010
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Artforum
Review by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
March 2010
PDF

Art Review
"Glenn Ligon: I am..." by Tyler Coburn
January/February 2009
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LA Times
"Stencil work a nod to Richard Pryor," Christopher Knight
November 30, 2007
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Art in America
"Ligon's Color Theory" by Matthew Guy Nichols
March 2007
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Artforum
"Light It Up, or How Glenn Ligon Got Over" by Richard Meyer
May 2006
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Art + Auction
"Glenn Ligon" by Elisabeth Kley
January 2006
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Toronto Star
"More Thought Than Shock" by Peter Goddard
June 30, 2005
PDF

LA Times
"The canvas speaks volumes" by Christopher Knight
October 8, 2004
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Art Journal
Interview with Glenn Ligon and Lauri Firstenberg
Spring 2001
PDF

The New York Times

The New York Times
Stories About Race, Politics and Himself by Holland Cotter
February 1, 1998
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